What kind of tires you use on your mountain bike?

[bikerad]

What kind of terrain you ride and waht is the best tire for this kind of terrain?

[ssinga]

My bike = 29'r
This is my "go-to" tire selection for most riding conditions (which is hardpack/loose over hard with locks of rocks)
Front - 2.4" Maxxis Ardent EXO
Rear - 2.2" Maxxis Ikon EXO

[mark cox]

WTB Bronsons.............. Love them.

[hani12]

For riding in New England (rocky, rooted technicla singletrack) I prefere the continental Mountain Kings & Trail Kings. I run them tubeless.

[faf1967]

Mich Wild Grip-R love 'em

[ramboneil]

I am facing the same decision. Sometime in the next several months my new Yeti SB95 will be arriving. It comes with Schwalbe tires. I think the Nobby Nic will be on the front and possibly the Racing Ralph on back. From my research I am thinking about swapping out the Schwalbe, adding No Tubes rim strips and mounting Maxxis Ardent 2.4 up front. But I am not sure what to mount in the rear. I ride north Georgia trails which are always rocky and frequently wet. So like Bikerad I need some advice.

[Bigred15]

An Ardent/Ignitor combo is excellent for rocky and rooty terrain. The Ignitors also shed mud surprisingly well, are durable and last a good long time. I run Ignitors on my SS at Monte Sano, which is extremely rocky, and I will be riding then this year at the Snake Creek Gap TT, which is in northern GA. They also work well on smooth trails.

[MrA]

Maxxis Ardent up front on the rocks, which we have a lot of in Korea.
Anything thick-walled and under $25 for the rear.

[ssinga]

I ride north Georgia trails which are always rocky and frequently wet.

Gasp! You ride when it's wet?????

[ssinga]

An Ardent/Ignitor combo is excellent for rocky and rooty terrain. The Ignitors also shed mud surprisingly well, are durable and last a good long time. I run Ignitors on my SS at Monte Sano, which is extremely rocky, and I will be riding then this year at the Snake Creek Gap TT, which is in northern GA. They also work well on smooth trails.

I like the Ignitor (especially now that there is an EXO sidewall version) but it's downfall is it's lack of volume. I've expressed the need for a higher volume tire like the Ignitor to the Maxxis Engineer and showed him first-hand on a slightly damp ride on Monte Sano. For the winter, I'll just keep the 2.4 Ardent on front and rear.