Tires Continental or Maxxis

I popped one at 32k miles so I swapped for Conti CrossContacts, they’ve been great in snow, rain, and light mud.

Go for the Continentals.  I’ve done the research for you, and lived it.  These tires will take anything perfectly unless you decide to hit your breaks going down hill….gravity was the only thing I found wrong, but what would any other tire do.  I’ve had these tires for 4 + years.  I swapped them the first 2 years, and ran them straight the last two years, and there’s still .8 tread left from the original . 10.  I’m actually trying to wreck these tires so I can buy a new set, but they’re hanging on.  My next set will be these tires.  I even passed up those famous Finish tire brands nobody can pronounce for these, and glad l did.

I switched to Continentials 2 yrs ago and haven't had a single flat since.

I switched my run flats with Continental TrueContact Tour54 and the experience is night and day. Such a smooth and quite drive. The whole car genuinely feels much lighter.

CONTINENTAL EXTREMECONTACT DWS

Such a better ride for my R55s, plus it lowered me a few mm

I really enjoy Continental Extreme Contact 02, but it’s really only for summer.

I usually run Michelin X-Ice but I gotta say these VC7's are great.

Continental.

I don’t have enough experience on Spesh tires other than the Sworks Fasttrack/Renegade I bought last year on a similar sale. They weigh in at around 620g each in the 2.35 size, which is much lighter than my Rekon Race 2.4WT at 780g. Feels nice to lose that much rotational weight and the grip I found to be similar. Also similar efficiency. What I didn’t like was the flimsy sidewall. There’s a reason they are so light. Lots of tire squirm and feeling of folding over in turns unless I ran high PSI (+5PSI compared to the Rekon Race). This is on a 30mm IW rim. Also, I had to use my tire plug for the first time on the front tire (Fasttrack). I’ve gone back to a slow XC setup of Rekon/Rekon Race this year but with a race or two coming up I’m debating what to do. I’m intrigued by the Aspen/Rekon Race combo but Aspen’s weigh about the same as my Rekon Race.

I was desperate to find something to replace my GP5000's after they got their 6th puncture in the space of 4 months of riding. Threw them in the trash.