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Looking for a new set of tyres to replace the Nobby Nics my Trance came with. Any deals on 27.5 tubeless ready at the minute? Tempted by the Chunky Monkey / Smorgasbord combo but not as many people seem to be running them anymore and I've not heard much about them in the 27.5 size.
Chunky Monkey / Smorgasbord c
HEAVY ! like proper DH heavy.... and draggy....
OK, I did have the combo in 26 and they seemed ok, Chunky Monkey was good until it got muddy.
Any other suggestions for something reasonably priced?
I ordered Trailstar Hans Dampfs from Evans for £35, thinking they were old stock, and Addix soft arrived! Result.
26" though.
I like WTB Vigilante for that sort of riding, not as heavy, not as slow as yours above.
Bump for the evening crowd
WTB's often a good option, they've got a gappy range but most of what they make works. Maxxis've gone mad on price, 50% of all schwalbes are rubbish, Specialized aren't as good value as they used to be...
I like my smorgasbord CM combo.
I found the on one tyres to be quite dead feeling, which may well have been due to weight I suppose.
For a decent tyre that doesn’t cost a fortune I like specialised. Currently run butcher front and a slaughter out back on the full suss. That’s a trail centre/summer set up as the hard tail had cheapo mud tyres for winter duties.
Purg & Butcher combo seems a reasonable price compared to the Maxxis stuff. I think I’ll go with them.
Rutland usually have good deals on bontragers. I got some xr2 and xr4 from them not too long ago
In the end I went with a Butcher and Purgatory, 2.3 x 27.5 in Grid casing, got the pair for £52.44, seems a decent deal I think.
Craig where did you get your tyres from? Seems to be a good price?
That Butcher/Purgatory combo is a very good one for the cash. The Butcher feels a lot like a Minion DHR, grippy too.
I ordered them from ciclisport.com
Not used them before but they had the best price and free delivery.
Cheers