It’s very much at the extreme end of this test though, and might even be overkill for even just a front tyre unless you live somewhere with a lot of clay or simply want your tyres to grip regardless of the downsides. If your climbs are steep, and the descents similarly so, then a Mud King will serve you well. The compound doesn’t show any rapid signs of wear despite the laps put into them either. Black Chili does a solid job of sticking to rock and root, leaving the tread to hook into off-camber and softer surfaces. With a pair of Mud Kings fitted, assuming you’ve the legs to haul them to the top of the climb, you will be rewarded with the luxury of picking a line and making it stick. All that support in the casing means you can tune your pressure to suit, and there’s few tyres that go up easier tubeless than a Continental, especially on the DT Swiss rims fitted to the Vitus. The 6-ply casing and Apex insert mean this certainly isn’t a trail tyre, and you won’t want to do any massive amount of miles on them either, especially not with one fitted on the rear. At 1215g for the 2.3″ offering means they’re not the heaviest going, and at £64.95, they’re nothing too daft when it comes to price too. Continental Mud KingĮasily the spikiest of the tyres on test, the Continental Mud Kings require some actual mud, or just an entirely off-camber trail to really sing. If brands want to send us their tyres, we’ll happily include them when we re-run this feature. It’s worth saying: This isn’t an exhaustive list of all tyres on the market right now, it’s just what we’ve been able to test. In this test are Continental Mud King, WTB Verdict, Schwalbe Magic Mary, Michelin DH22, Maxxis Assegai and Specialized Hillbilly. It is also refreshing to note that all tyres fitted, seated and pumped up without any problems, swearing or tantrums, and there was not a single puncture during the whole test.
Pete kept things simple and ran all the tyres on his Vitus Escarpe 29 VRS for three months in the woods of Aberfoyle. Local laps were done on the Orange Stage Evo RS, a short travel ripper of a bike with a hunger for speed, and the big, gnarly tracks were tackled on the more capable, Forbidden Druid. Most of the mileage was racked up on the Specialized Levo SL.
Testing for Ben was carried out on 3 bikes over a period of 3 months with a few trips to properly technical tracks at Triscombe and a lot of lock down riding on the more chilled trails around Bristol and the Mendips. Pete and Ben have been hammering some winter treads to see which rules the roost when it comes to winter grip.
Beyond that, they should be light, have a sturdy but not wooden sidewall, not wear out that quickly and roll pretty fast. In the UK a winter tyre might just become your year-round tyre, so we brought together the best to see which is takes the crown.Ī good winter tyre will be above all, grippy and good at shedding mud.
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