Favorite rear tire?

It's about time to replace an old rear tire, after plenty of miles of
faithful service. I figure I'll research & buy it over mud season,
and install it before my first trail ride once things dry out. No
point beating up a new dirt tire riding the wood in my yard.
The bike I'm referring to is a hardtail, now the "Sunday" bike as I
picked up a cheap FS for a beater/snow/rain ride. My general theme
with this bike is light, nice and fast. It will see very little
pavement, and hopefully very little fire road. I figure since I won't
be riding this in the snow anymore, I can get away from the wider
tires with the huge mud-bar tread. I'll be riding New England, so
it'll be hardpack with some roots & rocks thrown in. No ski-lift
stuff. My previous tires were great on dirt, snow etc but left a
little to be desired when riding up rock. They were slick on wet wood
as well, but I don't hold that against them.
I also don't want to spend $90 on a tire.
Suggestions?

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It's about time to replace an old rear tire, after plenty of miles of
faithful service. I figure I'll research & buy it over mud season,
and install it before my first trail ride once things dry out. No
point beating up a new dirt tire riding the wood in my yard.
The bike I'm referring to is a hardtail, now the "Sunday" bike as I
picked up a cheap FS for a beater/snow/rain ride. My general theme
with this bike is light, nice and fast. It will see very little
pavement, and hopefully very little fire road. I figure since I won't
be riding this in the snow anymore, I can get away from the wider
tires with the huge mud-bar tread. I'll be riding New England, so
it'll be hardpack with some roots & rocks thrown in. No ski-lift
stuff. My previous tires were great on dirt, snow etc but left a
little to be desired when riding up rock. They were slick on wet wood
as well, but I don't hold that against them.
I also don't want to spend $90 on a tire.
Suggestions?


Whatever Kenda suits your terrain.

Greg

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On Mar 29, 12:47 pm, "G.T." wrote:
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It's about time to replace an old rear tire, after plenty of miles of
faithful service. I figure I'll research & buy it over mud season,
and install it before my first trail ride once things dry out. No
point beating up a new dirt tire riding the wood in my yard.
The bike I'm referring to is a hardtail, now the "Sunday" bike as I
picked up a cheap FS for a beater/snow/rain ride. My general theme
with this bike is light, nice and fast. It will see very little
pavement, and hopefully very little fire road. I figure since I won't
be riding this in the snow anymore, I can get away from the wider
tires with the huge mud-bar tread. I'll be riding New England, so
it'll be hardpack with some roots & rocks thrown in. No ski-lift
stuff. My previous tires were great on dirt, snow etc but left a
little to be desired when riding up rock. They were slick on wet wood
as well, but I don't hold that against them.
I also don't want to spend $90 on a tire.
Suggestions?

Whatever Kenda suits your terrain.

Greg

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Thanks for the pointer, I'll check their catalog.

I'm tempted toward the Fire XC Pro as well, but I'm not sure how to
tell if it's Japanese, Tiawanese, OEM, original, etc. That's before
red & blue sidewalls come into play...

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It's about time to replace an old rear tire, after plenty of miles of
faithful service. I figure I'll research & buy it over mud season,
and install it before my first trail ride once things dry out. No
point beating up a new dirt tire riding the wood in my yard.
The bike I'm referring to is a hardtail, now the "Sunday" bike as I
picked up a cheap FS for a beater/snow/rain ride. My general theme
with this bike is light, nice and fast. It will see very little
pavement, and hopefully very little fire road. I figure since I won't
be riding this in the snow anymore, I can get away from the wider
tires with the huge mud-bar tread. I'll be riding New England, so
it'll be hardpack with some roots & rocks thrown in. No ski-lift
stuff. My previous tires were great on dirt, snow etc but left a
little to be desired when riding up rock. They were slick on wet wood
as well, but I don't hold that against them.
I also don't want to spend $90 on a tire.
Suggestions?


Whatever Kenda suits your terrain.

I have a kenda bear claw pon my rear. I dont slide out going up or down
hills, great in snow, doesn't spin in mud, and decent on rock. I got it at
Canadian Tire for $20

Micheal

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On Mar 29, 12:47 pm, "G.T." wrote:
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It's about time to replace an old rear tire, after plenty of miles of
faithful service. I figure I'll research & buy it over mud season,
and install it before my first trail ride once things dry out. No
point beating up a new dirt tire riding the wood in my yard.
The bike I'm referring to is a hardtail, now the "Sunday" bike as I
picked up a cheap FS for a beater/snow/rain ride. My general theme
with this bike is light, nice and fast. It will see very little
pavement, and hopefully very little fire road. I figure since I won't
be riding this in the snow anymore, I can get away from the wider
tires with the huge mud-bar tread. I'll be riding New England, so
it'll be hardpack with some roots & rocks thrown in. No ski-lift
stuff. My previous tires were great on dirt, snow etc but left a
little to be desired when riding up rock. They were slick on wet wood
as well, but I don't hold that against them.
I also don't want to spend $90 on a tire.
Suggestions?

Whatever Kenda suits your terrain.

Greg

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Thanks for the pointer, I'll check their catalog.

I'm tempted toward the Fire XC Pro as well, but I'm not sure how to
tell if it's Japanese, Tiawanese, OEM, original, etc. That's before
red & blue sidewalls come into play...


Do yourself a favor and skip them. Some people have luck with them but
myself along with many others have had most of the knobs tear off in a
single 2 hour ride when using them on the rear.

My philosophy is that there are so many tires out there that work well why
even take a chance on one people have had trouble with.

I use the Kenda Kinetic 2.35 and I think CDB has recommended the Nevegal in
the past. I'll probably pick up a Nevegal next time.

Greg

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On Mar 29, 12:47 pm, "G.T." wrote:
wrote:
It's about time to replace an old rear tire, after plenty of miles of
faithful service. I figure I'll research & buy it over mud season,
and install it before my first trail ride once things dry out. No
point beating up a new dirt tire riding the wood in my yard.
The bike I'm referring to is a hardtail, now the "Sunday" bike as I
picked up a cheap FS for a beater/snow/rain ride. My general theme
with this bike is light, nice and fast. It will see very little
pavement, and hopefully very little fire road. I figure since I won't
be riding this in the snow anymore, I can get away from the wider
tires with the huge mud-bar tread. I'll be riding New England, so
it'll be hardpack with some roots & rocks thrown in. No ski-lift
stuff. My previous tires were great on dirt, snow etc but left a
little to be desired when riding up rock. They were slick on wet wood
as well, but I don't hold that against them.
I also don't want to spend $90 on a tire.
Suggestions?

Whatever Kenda suits your terrain.

Greg

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Thanks for the pointer, I'll check their catalog.

I'm tempted toward the Fire XC Pro as well, but I'm not sure how to
tell if it's Japanese, Tiawanese, OEM, original, etc. That's before
red & blue sidewalls come into play...

Do yourself a favor and skip them. Some people have luck with them but
myself along with many others have had most of the knobs tear off in a
single 2 hour ride when using them on the rear.

My philosophy is that there are so many tires out there that work well why
even take a chance on one people have had trouble with.

I use the Kenda Kinetic 2.35 and I think CDB has recommended the Nevegal in
the past. I'll probably pick up a Nevegal next time.

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Thats interesting. I've never had a problem with mine (which are,
FWIW, the higher TPI Japanese version). Maybe it's an East Coast/West
Coast terrain thing? (Eg: In the mid 1990s, I LOVED my soft, sticky
Continentals here, but wore a new pair down to a slick at Moab.)

/s

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It's about time to replace an old rear tire, after plenty of miles of
faithful service. I figure I'll research & buy it over mud season,
and install it before my first trail ride once things dry out. No
point beating up a new dirt tire riding the wood in my yard.
The bike I'm referring to is a hardtail, now the "Sunday" bike as I
picked up a cheap FS for a beater/snow/rain ride. My general theme
with this bike is light, nice and fast. It will see very little
pavement, and hopefully very little fire road. I figure since I won't
be riding this in the snow anymore, I can get away from the wider
tires with the huge mud-bar tread. I'll be riding New England, so
it'll be hardpack with some roots & rocks thrown in. No ski-lift
stuff. My previous tires were great on dirt, snow etc but left a
little to be desired when riding up rock. They were slick on wet wood
as well, but I don't hold that against them.
I also don't want to spend $90 on a tire.
Suggestions?


My older framed XC bike doesn't much like tires over 2.1. I use Weirwolves
front and back for the wet stuff, and switch to Fire XC when things start to
dry out. Both of these tives have good cross over, so I'm not too anal
about when the change takes place. My normal terrain is hilly dirt
singletrack with roots and rocks.

I don't put on as many miles as many folks in this group, but this combo has
worked very well for me for 2-3 seasons. Also, I got both sets of tires on
eBay for under $30 a pair.

Cheers
Gary

On Mar 29, 6:50 am, " wrote:
It's about time to replace an old rear tire, after plenty of miles of
faithful service. I figure I'll research & buy it over mud season,
and install it before my first trail ride once things dry out. No
point beating up a new dirt tire riding the wood in my yard.
The bike I'm referring to is a hardtail, now the "Sunday" bike as I
picked up a cheap FS for a beater/snow/rain ride. My general theme
with this bike is light, nice and fast. It will see very little
pavement, and hopefully very little fire road. I figure since I won't
be riding this in the snow anymore, I can get away from the wider
tires with the huge mud-bar tread. I'll be riding New England, so
it'll be hardpack with some roots & rocks thrown in. No ski-lift
stuff. My previous tires were great on dirt, snow etc but left a
little to be desired when riding up rock. They were slick on wet wood
as well, but I don't hold that against them.
I also don't want to spend $90 on a tire.
Suggestions?


East? Continental Vertical Pro or Gravity.

JD

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It's about time to replace an old rear tire, after plenty of miles of
faithful service. I figure I'll research & buy it over mud season,
and install it before my first trail ride once things dry out. No
point beating up a new dirt tire riding the wood in my yard.
The bike I'm referring to is a hardtail, now the "Sunday" bike as I
picked up a cheap FS for a beater/snow/rain ride. My general theme
with this bike is light, nice and fast. It will see very little
pavement, and hopefully very little fire road. I figure since I won't
be riding this in the snow anymore, I can get away from the wider
tires with the huge mud-bar tread. I'll be riding New England, so
it'll be hardpack with some roots & rocks thrown in. No ski-lift
stuff. My previous tires were great on dirt, snow etc but left a
little to be desired when riding up rock. They were slick on wet wood
as well, but I don't hold that against them.
I also don't want to spend $90 on a tire.
Suggestions?


My older framed XC bike doesn't much like tires over 2.1. I use
Weirwolves front and back for the wet stuff, and switch to Fire XC when
things start to dry out. Both of these tives have good cross over, so I'm
not too anal about when the change takes place. My normal terrain is
hilly dirt singletrack with roots and rocks.


And there you have two pro-Fire XC testimonials to my one anti-Fire XC.

And to Gordo's note, I had the Japanese version, too.

Greg

On Mar 30, 5:14 am, "G.T." wrote:
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It's about time to replace an old rear tire, after plenty of miles of
faithful service. I figure I'll research & buy it over mud season,
and install it before my first trail ride once things dry out. No
point beating up a new dirt tire riding the wood in my yard.
The bike I'm referring to is a hardtail, now the "Sunday" bike as I
picked up a cheap FS for a beater/snow/rain ride. My general theme
with this bike is light, nice and fast. It will see very little
pavement, and hopefully very little fire road. I figure since I won't
be riding this in the snow anymore, I can get away from the wider
tires with the huge mud-bar tread. I'll be riding New England, so
it'll be hardpack with some roots & rocks thrown in. No ski-lift
stuff. My previous tires were great on dirt, snow etc but left a
little to be desired when riding up rock. They were slick on wet wood
as well, but I don't hold that against them.
I also don't want to spend $90 on a tire.
Suggestions?

My older framed XC bike doesn't much like tires over 2.1. I use
Weirwolves front and back for the wet stuff, and switch to Fire XC when
things start to dry out. Both of these tives have good cross over, so I'm
not too anal about when the change takes place. My normal terrain is
hilly dirt singletrack with roots and rocks.

And there you have two pro-Fire XC testimonials to my one anti-Fire XC.

And to Gordo's note, I had the Japanese version, too.

Greg


I'll second the negative on the Fire XC's. knobs are spaced too far
apart and tear off.
Mine only lasted about a month. Front washes out also, compared to
smoke/dart, conti's and WTB's.

Of course, it all depends on what type of dirt you ride. What doesn't
work here in CO might work whereever you live.
I would think they work well on loose/semi-wet forest soil, but don't
work well on dry soft sand or hardpack.