Rear tire

[jostby]

Hi all, my son has a question...... (say hi to Wes)

"does anyone know how a kenda budds creek or washougal tire runs or what is the best type of rear intermediate to hard tire?"


He just wore out a Milville sticky but I think for our single track medium to hard pack riding (single track trails) there is a better tire. I can't convince him to try a trials tire (I'm trying one next). Help him out anyone? I have always used Michelin M12 but have gotten a little disappointed with their change. Thanks!

[gasgasman]

The reviews on the Budds Creek weren't that great.

I've had excellent luck with the Maxxis SI(soft) and IT (intermediate) tires.
I'm waiting on their for new radial knobby.

[Rick]

I second the Maxis IT's very rugged.

[webmaster]

An old school tire that is intermediate terrain and wears like iron is the IRC VE-33. It is a six ply tire w/ bead saver and resists flats very, very well. And reasonably priced as well...

I still run one of these occasionally in the summer months. In the winter here - michelins. Although, I have to say, I have had so little time to ride over the last few years that I still have a new ve-33 waiting to be used in the garage....


jeff

[SpeedyManiac]

Maxxis IT rear, SI front. Works awesome pretty much everywhere. In the soft stuff the SI rear works better though.

[eff]

Originally Posted by SpeedyManiac

Maxxis IT rear, SI front. Works awesome pretty much everywhere.

I ran that too and really liked it. For fun I picked a Pirelli MT-43 trials tire and so far I'm loving that too.