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Rear tyre, the cheapest Schwalbe Marathon you can find (different rubber compounds and more threads per inch on the more expensive ones - not relevant to polo), the rubber on mine are over a centimetre thick! Skidtastic.
grip-wise is personal preference - hipster ourys give me sore hands, too fat. if you can get lock on ones, they're good. Using £8 bike-boutique velo ones on my MTB, hard rubber, thin knurled grip, lock on. surprisingly comfy and grippy for what they are, but going to change them for some super-tacky ODI ones for getting back off road. Since riding Bmx discovered the joys of having a large flange to rest your hand against on the inside of the grip. and yes, Lock-ons = awesome ... no more slippy grips, EVER! consensus is usually softest rubber you can get away with, without them disintegrating within a few rides.