i've run the mitas et-01 on the rear of my ec200 - but i've converted back to knobby for it (the geomax mx-51 is amazing...my favorite tire yet...very predictable..) i've found the 200 to be much more of a wheel spinner than a trials tire typa ride.. (i have 2 trials bikes, so if i want traction i just ride one of them....) i run a dunlop 756 front, and have also run a s12 (xc? with the rotated side knobs) - both of which i like.
i ride primarily hard/intermediate (wv is all rock and roots..) - trials tires have their plusses for sure, but it sure is nice to blast around and spin/slide tires all day on a little bike... the 200 isn't really a grunty hill climber, so i think it's quite nice with knobbies. now if i had a 300, i think i'd be all over a trials tire...
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