I've been a big fan of Hutchinson tires, first with the Pythons & currently using UST Spiders. The Spiders are great because they're very fast rollers, large volume and more agressive tread than the Pythons.
Previous tires I've used - WTB's were sluggish & not very compliant over rough terrain, & Continental Verticals were squirmy in corners with ok rolling resistance.
Thinking of trying something else. I do a lot of climbing to get to the downhills, so prefer larger volume tires that have good tread & are still fast (UST tubeless preferred). It seems that Maxxis and Kenda are quite popular? What are your favorite XC tires and why?
Previous tires I've used - WTB's were sluggish & not very compliant over rough terrain, & Continental Verticals were squirmy in corners with ok rolling resistance.
Thinking of trying something else. I do a lot of climbing to get to the downhills, so prefer larger volume tires that have good tread & are still fast (UST tubeless preferred). It seems that Maxxis and Kenda are quite popular? What are your favorite XC tires and why?