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My cousin has got himself a continental baron and a High Roller he knows nothing about bikes and has got himself in a muddle.
I know High Rollers but have no idea about Barons. I am trying to find out what size and compound they are but am not hopeful of the correct answer. The baron looks like it will be a good rear tyre, nice and blocky, and I know the High Roller works well on the front and the back.
So which end would the Baron be best on when teamed with a High Roller?
If its going with the HR sling it on the back.
A few of my mates have been running them all winter on both the front & rear
Baron on the front, far grippier and more predictable than a High Roller.
I can thoroughly recommend a baron on the back, yet to try one on the front.
Found out that its the cheap baron. I would have though the 60a HR would be better on the front. HRs rairly let me down on the front, although it was mighty loose in the loamy stuff the other day.
I run a black chilli 2.3 Baron on the front and an exo 60a 2.4 High Roller 2 on the rear, had a Baron on the rear too but found it a bit too fragile on the rocky stuff (tore an almost new one).
Wouldn't use any of the Conti range in anything but black chilli compound personally.
If it ever stops raining for a week or so i may go to my summer combo of HR2 up front and Larsen tt rear but doesn't look like that will be any time soon!
He has cheapo MKs on it at the moment and keeps pinch flating on fire roads so he wants the change. I did tell him to get a HT for the front and a Larson for the back. That's what I have on both bikes at the moment and it works really well.
I've tried Barons front and rear, feels sluggish on the back. Running a balding RQ rear and Baron front at the mo, feels pretty good.
@OP - I'd stick the HR on the back and the Baron on the front
I bought some cheap barons to use over winter in claggy mud - figured the compound wouldn't make much difference, and my HRs just couldn't cope with clearing the gloopy crap.
Very impressed with them, and haven't taken them off yet, despite having had quite a few days of hard packed trails and DH courses on them.
Very predictable, loads of grip and the rail nicely when you lean in to them.
Might look into getting some of the black chilli ones for summer.
Dave