second the Mosquito. good all-around mud tire. corners as well as can be expected in the mud but you have to get used to a slightly squirreley feeling. i find that when cornering it sometimes feels like the tire isn't going to hook up but it always does at the last second. fantastic mud shedding.santacruzer said:Huchison Mosquito is my favorite mud tire, tons of traction and it cleans out well. I run them tubeless at around 23-27 lbs.
J/K - I know I've seen pics of it alll caked up with mud.*rt* said:second the Mosquito. good all-around mud tire. corners as well as can be expected in the mud but you have to get used to a slightly squirreley feeling. i find that when cornering it sometimes feels like the tire isn't going to hook up but it always does at the last second. fantastic mud shedding.
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They work great as a front or rear, if the conditions are muddy to tacky. The dryer it gets, the sketchier they get. I keep a set just for when I have a race with questionable weather.phuck said:hows the mosquito as a front tire? do they work well when its dry too?
sketchy? what do you mean by that? they skid around? but do they have grip when their dry?santacruzer said:They work great as a front or rear, if the conditions are muddy to tacky. The dryer it gets, the sketchier they get. I keep a set just for when I have a race with questionable weather.
sketchy = the tire feels like it's going to slide out on you or like it's not hooking up well and is floating (in a bad way) on the surface of the trail. this is particularly true when cornering on dry stuff. the tire will feel like it's not going to hook up and will slide out but most of the time it hooks up at the last second.phuck said:sketchy? what do you mean by that? they skid around? but do they have grip when their dry?
Oh ok, thanks! anyway, i just got a pair of mosquitos for raceday. Its been raining hard these few days, and hopefull the condition remains semi-muddy or dries up. Thanks for those that helped me.*rt* said:sketchy = the tire feels like it's going to slide out on you or like it's not hooking up well and is floating (in a bad way) on the surface of the trail. this is particularly true when cornering on dry stuff. the tire will feel like it's not going to hook up and will slide out but most of the time it hooks up at the last second.
i would not recommend these tires for loose dry conditions. they don't feel secure, probably because the tire is basically a semislick (very low profile knobs in the center) with widely spaced and low-ish profile knobs on the sides.
for dry conditions i would recommend the python rather than the mosquito.
mosquitos will do ok in dry hardpack and ok with dry roots and rocks. but they are best in muddy conditions. like santacruzer i keep a set of mosquitos for racing in the mud. the rest of the time i ride pythons.
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