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Yeah, that makes sense, and I imagine there's no substitute for trying out different tyres myself. Anyway, no sketchy moments today (fumbling yes, but not uncontrolled kind of sketchy). It was slightly less wet than yesterday, but wet and muddy all the same. Going uphill, I didn't feel I was massively lacking in traction, despite the fast looking pattern on the rear tyre. But I guess it's a bit pointless to try to draw too many conclusions while lacking meaningful reference points.
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I always go super grippy up front no matter what then change between a grippy/faster rolling rear tyre. I don't mind the rear moving but I like the front to go where I'm pointing it.
I like a Mary/Mary combo personally but if it's really dry then I might change to something like an Eliminator on the rear to reduce the drag a bit. Depends on conditions and terrain though. I don't do lots of linking miles either on the likes of roads or fireroads so I don't have to worry about wear/drag too much.