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Making a comeback very soon and my new steed has tubed high rollers as standard.
Want to change to UST and back in the day was a fan of Conti Vert Pros F & R and put a mud tyre on the rear in winter, any suggestions whats good nowadays welcome.
Nobby Nic Evo 2.25 front + Racing Ralph Evo 2.25 rear are an epic combo... but someone will be along shortly to tell you that is rubbish.
I have one UST vertical pro but cant see any more available online
NN's are rubbish 🙂 Had a demo with them and put me off for life.
90% of the time I'm running Ardent EXO's which are fine tubeless
Nobby Nic and Racing Ralph?
You will surely die.
BTW, I have some Vert Pro USTs you can have for postage and a fiver if you want.
(I believe they're in fairly decent condition - I'd need to double check. Not looked at 'em in a bit)
It'll get you started, if nothing else.
i alternate bewteen 3 sets :
Nobby Nics 2.25 front and back - grippiest, not as good in slop as the Purgatorys
Specialized Purgatory 2.3 fnont and back - best all roaund fit and forget
Ardent 2.25 front and back - best in dry/hard pack/summer/trail centres
Pimp can you email me? peter@petecole.com
Been out today testing me new Mud X r tyres [tubeless setup] MUCH mud, 4 thorns still rolling and I am still smiling. 😀 [2.1]
Nics and Ralphs are alright but they're not much cop in the mud, and no wonder. I wouldn't use them again, the wear rate is unacceptable IMO but not everyone is as tight.
What do you want it to do, really?
I love a good tyre thread where we get lots of opinion on half a story.
Questions for OP are.
1. UST or tubeless? There is a difference. If you don't know what rims are you using?
2. Where do you want to ride these tyres?
3. What kind of riding do you want to do?
4. What size wheels?
5. What bike?
With sensible information you might get a sensible answer.
Just a thought.
I currently use the following inna tubeless stylee:
Spesh Ground Control 2Bliss - great all rounder
or
Hans Dampfs - for more gnarr
or
UST Trailrakers - for the really sticky stuff
or
Ice Spikers - for skating
Honourable mentions must also go to:
Racing Ralphs for the dry
Spesh Eskar2 2.3" all rounder
Fire XC Pro - classic all rounder
Tyres I haven't liked include:
Rubber Queens UST
High Rollers UST
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I currently use the following inna tubeless stylee:Spesh Ground Control 2Bliss - great all rounder
or
Hans Dampfs - for more gnarr
or
UST Trailrakers - for the really sticky stuff
or
Ice Spikers - for skatingHonourable mentions must also go to:
Racing Ralphs for the dry
Spesh Eskar2 2.3" all rounder
Fire XC Pro - classic all rounderTyres I haven't liked include:
Rubber Queens UST
High Rollers UST
What sort of riding do you do and where do you do it?
It's fine recommending Conti Race Kings as the best tyre eva if you live to race XC in California, but someone who rides downhill in Scotland may disagree.
Maxxis Ardent for dry to moist, Hans Dampfs for moist to wet. Hans Dampfs are better for roots and rocks as well and are stable down to 15psi even with narrow-ish rims.
If you trawl German ebay, you can usually get a pair of Hans Dampfs for less than 60 quid shipped. I've bought my two last pairs that way. Just fitting the latest ones.
Any conclusions then?
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Yep- you can't give someone good advice if they won't tell you what they want.
I'm loving Spesh Butcher Controls (2.25).
They're massive, lightish, tubeless, sticky (50 durometer) but roll well, put up with abuse and don't cost the earth - what's not to like.
I personally hate Nobby Nics as they are the opposite in every respect (except weight) to the above.
Previous fave was Maxxis ignitor 2.35 LUST and Maxxis HR 42a 2.35 but Maxxis prices have gone silly.
The Onza Ibex would be a contender.
I'm loving Spesh Butcher Controls (2.25).
They're massive, lightish, tubeless, sticky (50 durometer) but roll well, put up with abuse and don't cost the earth - what's not to like.
I personally hate Nobby Nics as they are the opposite in every respect (except weight) to the above.
Previous fave was Maxxis ignitor 2.35 LUST and Maxxis HR 42a 2.35 but Maxxis prices have gone silly.
The Onza Ibex would be a contender.
Onza Ibex is a great choice - 2.25 rear and 2.4 front rolls fast and has insane grip levels, pluss proper strong sidewalls.
My two pence for a mix of bridleway and trail riding:
In the dry, Maxxis Advantage 2.25 rear - fast rolling, big volume and decent grip for anything but mud.
Nobby Nic 2.25 snakeskin font- better grip than the advantage, pretty fast rolling but wears way too fast to ever use on the back.
When the rain comes down, stick a Bontrager mud x on the rear - really good grip in mud, light and fast for a mud tyre but not great on rocks and root ( to small volume when used on a hardtail for one thing) so I put the advantage back on for trail centres.