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hi guys,
i am wanting a pair of xc tires for racing persificly and was wondering what are the best summer and winter tires? any help would be apprieciated,
cheers, jamie 🙂
any help would be apprieciated
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really funny
I use Bonty Mud x all year round, great tires, plenty of grip in all conditions, never clog, fairly light, as wide as I need, tubeless ready. I think they might be called something else now...
cheers mate, il have a look 🙂
[i]persificly[/i]
I like this word.
if you're racing then maybe you want to look at different tyres to suit conditions, mud x are quite soft and therefore slow on hard trails, they're great in mud, perhaps look at conti race kings for the drier months.
I wouldn;t use Mud X for summer racing, tbh.
For summer Racing Ralphs or Rocket Rons.
Racing Ralps and Dirty Dans. Covers all eventualities.
panaracer xc fires 2.1 been using these for years personal preference I know but use these all year round all conditions, work for me.
"Best xc tyre" is like "best car" - no such thing, too many variables.
black ones made of rubber !!
Racing Ralph, pretty well is 'the' Xc tyre. It's also far better in the wet than you might think.
I use Speed King Supersonics in the deep gloop. They should be a Marathon race tyre, but I find the too slow. Though the characteristics that make them slow work in their favour in the mud.
XC racing in the dry = Conti Twister Supersonic (has Black Chili compound as standard)
Summer - Kenda Slant 6
Winter - either above if you are brave - or Mud X
summer - Rocket Ron
winter - Mud X
For summer Racing Ralphs or Rocket Rons.
summer - Specialized S works Sauserwind.
I've just ordered myself some Racing Ralphs Evos from CRC (hopefully they'll turn up before the weekend) £25 for the 2.4's.
They are to replace a brand new set of Conti Mountain King 2 ProTection that i'm finding a little too slow.