This discussion is a carryover from the 2020 XC Race Tire Thread . I’m not sure about you guys, but I’m looking forward to racing this year. What is everyone planning to run when it comes to tires and inserts?

Maybe I should order a couple more sets, shut up about them, and just do some more of my own testing :rofl:

WP speed is indeed a fast and light tyre - 630g in 2.4 flavour, but for this year i will use a Cross 2.4 and a Race 2.4 (moved from the front) for more grip and versatility

Looks like the Kenda Rush should be getting some votes this month. Hopefully we can get it up to where it will be tested soon. Could then consider making the Wolfpack Speed the next group effort after that to vote up.

I am running the cross front and race rear. Before I was running the gen 1 Forekaster front and rear. I felt the Wolfpack were slower for the same pressure but accidentally ran them at a higher pressure one day and was faster everywhere compared to previous. The race rear is showing lots of wear on …

I’m in Central Texas where the trails are mostly hard packed or loose rock so I wanted something with a little heavier tread than the Recon Race that I rode front and rear last year. I went with the Ardent Race from Maxxis and I am super impressed with this tire so far. The increase in rolling resis…

[image] CoryE: briefly matched an Ardent Race rear with the regular Ardent as a front, and F*** that tire. Maxxis needs to remodel it or discontinue it. The dead spot in traction is insane and unsafe. @CoryE Try a Rekon (not race) up front. I have the Ardent Race in the rear and run Rekon up…

I just looked them both up for comparison and they look almost identical :rofl: It does look like the Recon may have a slightly deeper tread. The Recon appears to have more siping in the side lugs. I’m a bit concerned about going to a 2.4 on my rims that suggest a max of 2.3. New rims probably are…

Having used both, ikon has much more grip than ardent. I would probably race it over the ardent even if I knew for a fact it was noticeable slower. In my opinion, the ardent is just a bad design that hasn’t been killed yet. I would definitely pick a mezcal over ardent on a grip front, maybe even …

I use to live in North Texas. I was always really happy with fasttrak front and renegade rear. For some reason every time i saw someone having a flat it was always maxxis tires.

[image] CoryE: I briefly matched an Ardent Race rear with the regular Ardent as a front, and F*** that tire. Maxxis needs to remodel it or discontinue it. The dead spot in traction is insane and unsafe. I felt the same about the ardent, just didn’t work for me at all. Ardent race though….I li…

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JSampson January 3, 2024, 2:27pm 1083

@CoryE Try a Rekon (not race) up front. I have the Ardent Race in the rear and run Rekon up front and like that setup. I am in the northeast and the setup works for me in a variety of conditions.

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