Mud tyres for MTB ???Any tips?

[martelpypie]

What is the best mud tyre for cross-country riding?

Should you use a narrow or wide tyre? (a narrow tyre has more clearance between tyre and frame)

V-brakes is a no-no in mud; Only use disc brakes - but the downside is they don't last long before you have to replace pads.

 

[The Crazy German]

Narrow ire say 1.70 or so.

 

Knobly nick from scwalbe is quite good as long as you stay in the wet. On the road lifetime of the softer rubber is rather limited.

[dirtyhippo]

for sa conditions...say marathon dont go skinnier than a 1.9.the skinnier tyres dont roll at all.and 1.9 will give you sufficient clearance in most conditions

[Iwan Kemp]

For heavy mud/wet you can go 2.1 front and 1.9 rear if you're really fast and can handle a bike. If you're not chasing for a win or just out to enjoy 2.2/2.35 front and 2.1 will do the trick. Definately Hydraulic Disc brakes. For XC 160mm rotors will do. For trail use you might wanna go with a 180 front/160 rear combo. Some extreme XC racers use 160 front/140 rear. Saves weight and you hardly need more stopping power than that in a race. Braking only slows you down anyway!

Kenda Nevegal

Bontrager Mud X

Maxxis Swamp Thing

Panaracer Trailraker

Panaracer Rampage

Conti Mountain King

Schwalbe Racing Ralph

Schwalbe Nobby Nic

 

For best pro advise read the reviews here :

http://www.bikeradar.com/gear/category/components/tyres