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Post by Taffydoo on Sept 20, 2008 19:02:30 GMT
I am thinking of possibly changing my tyres depending on the winter we have. Running 2.1 at the moment Conti race kings not had any probs in the summer with them at all. Whats every body running this winter ?
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Post by danevs on Sept 20, 2008 20:24:47 GMT
Same as I run in the summer, WTB Weirwolf 2.5's. Ferocious grip on stony/shaly ground (trail ctrs.) and hight volume for floaty feel and good traction. Not the best in deep mud but who wants to ride in deep mud anyway?  |
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Post by sikora on Sept 21, 2008 8:33:08 GMT
The terrible weather this summer has assured me that my 2.2 Mountain Kings will be sufficient come winter
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Post by martinw on Sept 21, 2008 9:01:56 GMT
I found my Mountain kings 2.2's were struggling a bit on the Dragons back a couple of weeks back. It was wet and they were all over the place and the back tyre got stripped.
Ive upped mine now to 2.4 mountain kings. They are a lot slower on climbs and can be hard going on grass but they grip like hell on the trails. I did llandegla over a week ago with them on and they were brilliant, It was a little wet there but they got me round with out having to worry.
i will go back to 2.2's for the summer.
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Post by gar on Sept 21, 2008 12:04:01 GMT
Contis all yr round 2. Im running verticals pro 2.3. Went for them as theve got re enforced side walls. Needed on the slates in the quarry. Haven t tried the mt kings, but they r meant 2 be good.
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Post by martinw on Sept 21, 2008 12:09:14 GMT
they are good tyres. Ive only put protection tyre on the back. I can quite imagine that the slates tear them to bits.
I might try a sticky compound mountain king for next summer.
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Post by gar on Sept 21, 2008 13:26:54 GMT
Can u get mt kings with protect? Yea, the slate just eats tyres. There 1 section just b 4 u get 2 dinorwig car park that nearly guarantees a blow out every time if u r going flat out.
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Post by martinw on Sept 21, 2008 15:12:53 GMT
yeah you can get mt kings with side wall protection. thats what I have on the back now.
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Post by Taffydoo on Sept 21, 2008 19:11:33 GMT
Going for a wider tyre that I have on now for the winter. Have to see what conti do in sizes.
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Post by gar on Sept 28, 2008 12:25:49 GMT
conti 2.2 and 2.4 in the kings, and 2.3 in vertical. there are skinnier ones.
i rate the verticals as they get abused quite a bit by me and last. worth paying a bit extra for the pros.
martin will tell you about the mt kings.
what did you go for in the end mart??
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