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Best XC Tyres

  • 30-10-2010 6:09pm
    #1
    pablo_escobar
    Closed Accounts Posts: 240 ✭✭


    Got a FS recently with Continental Speed King tyres..i'm not taking part in a race and these are really bad for XC, i need some tyres with good grip.

    Any recommendations please?


Comments

  • #2
    lazy-biker
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 54 ✭✭lazy-biker


    maxxis ignitor

    good all year round tyre


  • #3
    monkeyslayer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 938 ✭✭✭monkeyslayer


    maxxis swampthings 2.5s, savage in the mud and loose trails, seriously hard work on a road or compacted trail tho


  • #4
    Super Freak
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 620 ✭✭✭Super Freak


    Another vote for Maxxis;)
    Advantage this time. Brilliant XC tyre. Does everything.
    http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Models.aspx?ModelID=51565


  • #5
    fenris
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,078 ✭✭✭fenris


    Yet another vote for the Ignitor, I am swapping my Mountain King rear for an Ignitor for Djouce in the morning!


  • #6
    Barrya
    Closed Accounts Posts: 15 ✭Barrya


    i am digging my kenda karma dtc 2.2s. they clear mud and roll well on firm stuff. not the lightest...but neither am I.


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  • #7
    davey101
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 290 ✭✭davey101


    another vote for ignitor. they're cheap, roll well, wear well and plenty of grip. I also found nobby nics to be a super tyre. ignitors do measure up quite small though i have a 2.3 on my haredtail and its about the same size as a 2.1 nobby nic.


  • #8
    ryan_sherlock
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 885 ✭✭✭ryan_sherlock


    Mel and I have been both using Schwalbe for the last 2.5 years and love them. I run a 2.1 Rocket Ron on the Front and 2.1 Racing Ralph on the rear (although, for the winter will probably run the 2.25 tires). They roll super fast and give us more that enough grip. We have used them in everything from the slompy of Irish conditions to the bone dry dust fields (with pointy rocks) of Cyprus.

    I wrote something about the before here: http://ryansherlock.blogspot.com/2009/10/best-of-2009-schwalbe-tires.html


  • #9
    boomdocker
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,049 ✭✭✭boomdocker


    davey101 wrote: »
    another vote for ignitor. they're cheap, roll well, wear well and plenty of grip. I also found nobby nics to be a super tyre. ignitors do measure up quite small though i have a 2.3 on my haredtail and its about the same size as a 2.1 nobby nic.

    spot on there. ignitors and nobby nics are the best tyres out there for all year round riding in irish conditions. My preference is 2.1 back 2.25 front, nobby nic that is.


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