Tire Recommendations for Test of Endurance?

David Caplan

2009-06-17

Living over in Central Oregon, I don't get a chance to ride in the mud very often. For the Mudslinger it was an easy choice... since it had been raining a lot beforehand, I went with some Bontrager Mud X tires and was super happy with the way they worked. But for the TOE, I'm not sure, since from what I gather, it's been unusually dry over on the westside. What do you think? Should I put the mud tires back on, or use my regular set-up of a WTB Motoraptor (front) and Weirwolf (rear)? I'm running them tubeless with Stan's. I'm also not the best of bike handlers, and would rather have good traction and sacrifice a bit on rolling resistance.

Or, any other recommendations?