The MTB thread

Im not far off needing some new tyres on my boardman hard tail, what are peeps recommendations on good all round mtb tyres?

Im not a fast as i can go downhill superman type of rider so dont wanna spend stupid money as it will be wasted on me, the stock ones were ok on most surfaces but the blocks were quite far apart so wanted something with a few more blocks really.

Any suggestions will be appreciated.

My all round do it all tyre of choice are the Maxxis High Rollers , sticky compound (40a) for the Winter and Hard compound (60) for the Summer

Originally Posted by xXBADGERXx

My all round do it all tyre of choice are the Maxxis High Rollers , sticky compound (40a) for the Winter and Hard compound (60) for the Summer

You swap them for different seasons? i cant be ar5ed doing that tbh hence a good all round tyre which will be fine for my very limited ability.

Well the amount of slate around here , I prefer a Stickier compound for grip , had a few washouts on slabs and it can be almost fatal in some places

[Luckypants]

Originally Posted by xXBADGERXx

My all round do it all tyre of choice are the Maxxis High Rollers , sticky compound (40a) for the Winter and Hard compound (60) for the Summer

Maxxis brought out a new version of the High Roller for this winter, they are getting rave reviews. My daughter has them on her cross country wheels and they seem sweet. Go for a standard compound, they are very good.

[Drew Carey]

Ive just bought a maxxis minnion 60a single ply for the front and high roller 60a single ply for rear. Having read on bikeradar etc a lot, apparently its a good combination. Will see how it goes.

[JamesMio]

Had a lot of good recommendations about the Kenda Nevegals which I'm looking at next, anyone tried these?

[Luckypants]

Originally Posted by Drew Carey

Ive just bought a maxxis minnion 60a single ply for the front and high roller 60a single ply for rear. Having read on bikeradar etc a lot, apparently its a good combination. Will see how it goes.

I have a minion front and advantage rear on my bike, the difference in front end grip was amazing.

Originally Posted by specialone

Im not far off needing some new tyres on my boardman hard tail, what are peeps recommendations on good all round mtb tyres?

Im not a fast as i can go downhill superman type of rider so dont wanna spend stupid money as it will be wasted on me, the stock ones were ok on most surfaces but the blocks were quite far apart so wanted something with a few more blocks really.

Any suggestions will be appreciated.

you won't go wrong with a set of these and nice and old school too, get the 2.1" width

Panaracer Fire XC

I had a terrible time with the Minion front tyre , ironically I had a bit of a mix up and fitted the rear to my front and it behaved better . It just depends what type of rider you are as well . I was also using with wider carcasses as well , I think I run 2.3`s