Fast rolling rear tyre from Maxxis

Maxxis Ardent Race 3C is 2.35, I think, have been using it on roads / tracks and it is fine. It doesn’t look much different from the Rekon 2.6 (but narrower).

Just moved it from the rear of my Crush onto the front of the Four, paired with a Crossmark on the rear.

I run an ardent / crossmark on one bike and recon races on the other. Recon on the rear has been fragile, more so than the Schwalbe racing Ralph it replaced. Won’t be buying them again

bsims
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Unless you leave it on all year

Nah, there’s literally no time I’d rather have my old Ardent on than my Rockrazors.

Gotama
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Does the rock razor size up like all Schwalbe ie fairly big?

I think about true to size in every one I’ve fitted

Nah, there’s literally no time I’d rather have my old Ardent on than my Rockrazors.

That’s what I meant, and why I leave Ardents on that bike all year.

Rock Razor and Spesh slaughter are both better than minion SS, but if you’re one of these strange tyre matchers, crack on.

i found the minion SS suprisingly fragile. I put a couple of holes in one.

I’ve had less problems on the ikon i’ve been running on the back recently.

Use an Aggressor 2.5 on the rear of my hardtail and full sus, with a 2.5 DHF upfront.

Faster rolling than the DHF/R or High Roller but enough grip for most conditions.

For the stated use case (local XC), I’d prefer the Crossmark to a semi-slick of any brand.

Personally I don’t bother with Rock Razors or similar anymore, but that’s another discussion probably.

Nah, there’s literally no time I’d rather have my old Ardent on than my Rockrazors.

+1 for this. I used to run Minion DHF fronts and Ardent out back, now I just run a Rock Razor on the rear most of the year. Peak based here so it’s rocky rather than mucky and the only real downside is braking grip on really steep downhill stuff. Really fast tyre and much gripper than you’d think.

Also have a Rekon 2.8 on the back of my hardtail and that’s a good all-round rear as well.

Nah, there’s literally no time I’d rather have my old Ardent on than my Rockrazors.

That’s what I meant, and why I leave Ardents on that bike all year.

Misread that one.

I mostly prefer ardents except when it is dry and hardback. I don’t think there is a better fit and forget tyre than the ardent. It’s not a master of anything, but is satisfactory at most.