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Hi everybody!
I am looking for relatively light and good rolling 29er winter tyres to go tubeless. I live in Ireland so here we have a lots of rocks and roots. Wet, damp, sometimes muddy (I do not ride in really heavy mud, very rarely). Slick rocks and roots everywhere.
I need relatively fast rolling tyres for autumn, winter, spring. I do 50% on tarmac and then 50% off road, etc. Basically I am leaning more toward aggressive XC and Trial. Noting like Enduro, or kill yourself DH.
My choices are:
Mountain King Rear and Trial King Front (old name Rubber Queen).(Keep that in mind TK 2.2 is almost same size as MK 2.4. MK2.2 is actually 2.0)
Questions are:
Should I go MK 2.4 Protection rear and TK Racesport 2.2 Front?
OR
MK 2.4 Protection Front and Back
OR
MK 2.2 Rear and 2.4 Front?
OR X- king rear and MK2 Front?
OR just screw it and get TK front and rear?
All Black Chili of course
Help!
Protection all the way, X-king 2.2 on the back and either of the others on the front.
I've seen MK and TK in the shop today. Thread is almost identical and it does not look like easy rolling tyre. So I thought X-King maybe 2.4 rear and MK 2.4 Front after all. My bike has 140mm full-suss travel after all so it's not really pure XC machine. More Trail, still I want it light with decent rolling as I ride on tarmac to the mountains. But then is wet rocks, roots and mud. The big 3.
Will an XK not clog in moderate mud?
Mud Kings FTW...
why conti? have you seen the thread about poor sidewalls?
have you seen the thread about poor sidewalls?
Have you got the link for that?
[url= http://singletrackmag.com/forum/topic/tyre-damage-anyone-else-continental ]knobs damage thread[/url]
[url= http://singletrackmag.com/forum/topic/tyre-sidewall-wear-unnacceptable ]sidewall damage thread[/url]
Will an XK not clog in moderate mud?
That is what I was thinking. I am just wondering regarding rolling resistance of MK but after all its for winter.
Should I go MK front as well or TK? (TK Protection is heavy 850G).
why conti? have you seen the thread about poor sidewalls?
Black Chili - Ireland is wet and slick everywhere. Black Chili is best for that.