Tires Maxxis or PHANTOM

Rekon is fantastic front tire for light trail/technical XC

If you know how to handle your bike the rekon race is fine up front. I raced that with an aspen out back at the 50 mile xc race up in Bend where it was dusty all day. I was also passing many people on the downhills.

I ride with 2.35" tires front and rear on my Ripmo, one that's a little beefier up front (Schwalbe Nobby Nic) and something that rolls better in the rear (Schwalbe Racing Ralph).

The bike came with Maxxis Assegai front and rear and for the first few rides I regretted getting the bike because it felt like such a pig. The lighter tires make pedaling on flat sections and climbs *so much* more enjoyable, and I can still push it on the descents.

Maxxis Victra kuys if palit. Makapit sa basa at tuyo wag ka lang mag kakamali dumaan sa paint.

I also run 60 on the pump track. I notice the sidewall rolling over and you can hear it scrubbing when down at the pressure I dirt jump with (35). You'll have a more confident experience with the higher pressure forsure.

Ran maxxis holly rollers for years, and recently got a set of billy bonkers and I've been very happy with them.

I hate to throw another tire in there but I urge you to check out Maxxis Razr AT811s. I put them on my 22 Tundra a little less Than 3 years ago and I have not been disappointed. They're 50,000 Mi Tire and they are wearing great so far. I'm at 25,000 miles and they're not even half worn so I guarantee I will be going over 50 on them. They're pretty good and wet conditions and they three Peak Mountain snowflake rated and I can confirm that they are amazing in the snow. They are more budget friendly tire but I can attest to their quality. They do make a little noise going down the highway, but nothing too terrible. Go ahead. Check them out.

Gravel tires don\u2019t have great puncture resistance generally, short of something like a 40mm Maxxis refuse. You really want to set these up tubeless. I would constantly get slow flats from flint or road debris when I ran WTBs with tubes.

Some tires are made in China and some possibly(?) better ones are made Vietnam, while made in Korea tires usually aren't bad, but may not last as long as expensive tires. For safety, I wouldn't go too cheap on tires. Many cheap tires have rather poor traction when new and become unsafe with only a few miles of wear on them. The Chinese tires often are made of very hard rubber, which might wear well, but has poor traction. There may be some in between tires made in the Philippines, but I'd avoid them. Kumho is a Korean tire company with majority Chinese ownership by a Chinese tire company. They make Phantom tires, likely in China, but even in Korea, they would be the low end. Hankook tires are "better" Korean tires. Not the best, but seem safer. I'd check tire reviews on the Internet.

Maxxis have become worse and worse in my experience. I switched to Conti tires, they are soooo much better.

This is one of the reasons I stopped buying Maxxis tires. Really, all tires will do it to a certain degree but Maxxis seem to be the worse IMO.