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I went with the most durable rekon and a non-race ardent in the back. This is for durability and grip on rocky trails and no hoot given towards weight or how many ks I cover in a ride.
At first I had the ardent in the front but I found it vague when leaning into a turn and got scared of it while my stitches were still healing. People say it starts properly gripping when you properly lean it over but I guess that's just not my style or skill level.
If you're trying to cover distance and have skills and/or don't push it on downhills you might wanna choose something with less knobbly bits in the middle and lower rolling resistance overall though, like Mezcal or Fast Track Pro.
An insert could make up for the lack of protection those tyres usually give.
pascalo-
This is for durability and grip on rocky trails and no hoot given towards weight or how many ks I cover in a ride.
That's what I want.
No point squabbling about grams when I'm pushing 92kg + bike + kit up mountains.Maybe I should've got the non-Race one? No clue how they differ. Sick of reading tyre blurbs full of marketing horseshit and every forum has people reporting polar opposite ride qualities for the same tyres...
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I found, and I’m by no means an expert, that I lost more time on corners, downhills etc than I saved on the uphills etc when running slicker smoother maxxis recon tyres v conti race kings which aren’t mega aggressive but have some nobs. There must be a fine tipping point, especially for marathon, where a tyre is too sketchy or too fragile, and equally where it’s too heavy duty and kills you after 6 hours of climbs! I reckon it’s a heavy duty xc tyre in 2.3-2.4 on a hardtail?
hippy
Tallboy
Rekon or Rekon Race? I'm trying to work out the difference and the difference between Rekon and Ardent. Why can't they just call MTB tyres boring stuff like:
XC (Dry/Wet Fast/Slow etc)
Trail
Enduro
DH