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Went for a spin around Grizedale today, things were going well until we descended down the Park Plantation bridleway, when I had a couple of pings and the hiss of doom. My WTB Vigilante Light/High Grip are dead with a side wall tear. What tyre to replace? Are the Tough/High Grip as heavy as reviews say? I'm a bit out of touch with respect tyres.
Current is 29x2.6 and I think I'd keep the same width up front. Thanks in advance.
Specialized Purgatory in a grid casing and T7 softer rubber. 2.6" and cheap.
tough/grippy is a beast of a tyre, they're chunkier than a lot of dh tyres. I really like maxxis doubledown as a tough-ish-but-not-downhill carcass, or the older schwalbe supergravity. The new conti "somethingtal" tyres seem pretty tough for their weight too though I've not done enough proper hammer on those yet.
MSC Gripper 2.4” (same width as a Maxxis 2.6”)