I still have Panaracer Mach SK's on my old Salsa. Also have some Tioga factory muds in the shed, ridden once 10 years ago.
Fire XC Pros on my pub / town / dicking about bike. They last well and give no cause for complaints. In keeping with the vague retro theme too (unintentionally!)
I thought the Smoke/ Dart magics in cream set off my purple anodized frame and gold Mag21s an absolute treat. In retrospect, it may not have been quite as cool as I imagined at the time.
These Michelins were the worst tyres ever made. 🙂
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I bought them in Oz, had them baking in the heat for several years without using them before I stuck them on the Penance X-attic (aka Bike of Mistakes) with all the crap purchases that were kept in my Attic of Woe.
I rode it at a SS event and on the damp wooden tracks those tyres were truly sphincter tightening.
I bought them because they were supposed to be fast. I believe that, because with them you have to ride fast enough to be ahead of the accident you would have had if you were slower... 🙂
An example of gopping:
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I went back to Fire XCs (for spring-autumn conditions) a year or so ago after a 7-8 year sabbatical. Still find them eminently sound - fast enough, grippy enough - and with THAT red wall.
I'm quite impressed with their Gravelking tyres on my caadx for road and light off-road duty and always thought the 'ZSG' rubber was good for trail centres when I used to ride at them.
i'm still using a pair of Fire FR's on my full sus bike....for some reason i like them
also have a pair of Mach SS tyres in the shed that were used for commuting...very light and fast but very easy to puncture.
up until recently i had about 4 sets of Nokian tyres (fat hakka, gazzalodis and NBX) and a pair of tioga factory DH (24") and a pair of 24" intense tyres. now that theyve gone only the Fire FR's, a pair of Maxxis Ignitors and a pair of Continental Barons remain....i must buy more tyres soon
Duster Pro FTW!
They did another fast tyre...sort of a cut Fire XC Pro, that wasn't nearly as mad as the speed blaster, that was a sort if decent rear summer tyre, can't for the life of me remember the name of them. Mythos IRC were my go to race tyre for ages has some semi slick versions 😆
I quite liked Speedblasters 😳
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They did another fast tyre...sort of a cut Fire XC Pro, that wasn't nearly as mad as the speed blaster, that was a sort if decent rear summer tyre, can't for the life of me remember the name of them. Mythos IRC were my go to race tyre for ages has some semi slick versions
You're thinking of the Trail Blaster.
I had a pair of the beige XC Magic tyres, the type the factory GT XC team of Furtado et al used in the mid 90s. Bring back beige tyres I say!
