exman Posted December 9 Report Share Posted December 9 Since my new bought preowned Montesa came with bad tyres, I'm wondering about some soft enduro tyres. Has anybody tried this, especially rear (tubeless)? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
faussy Posted December 9 Report Share Posted December 9 (edited) If you want to do trials, buy trials tyres. If you want to do enduro, buy an enduro bike... Anything else is a compromise, and if you ride rocks, worse than a compromise Edited December 9 by faussy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
konrad Posted December 9 Report Share Posted December 9 I agree with faussy. It's been done the other way around, fitting a trials rear to an enduro bike for hard surfaces. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lemur Posted December 9 Report Share Posted December 9 Only advantage I can think of is Full knobby works better for deep snow, because you can fit them with larger tire studs and that would be great for about 1 or 2 months of the year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exman Posted December 9 Author Report Share Posted December 9 Accepted. I intend to use Montesa on some trails occasionally, but from your answers can assume that trial bike is most efficient with trial tyres. No more doubts, tks guys. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sectionone Posted December 15 Report Share Posted December 15 You can fit huge 120/100 tires on a 4RT. MotoZ Arena Hybrid with Tubliss is a soft gummy tire with great traction in soft conditions at 4psi. The Mountain or Extreme Hybrid has a pattern similar to trials. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonnyc21 Posted Friday at 04:42 PM Report Share Posted Friday at 04:42 PM (edited) On 12/9/2024 at 1:01 PM, exman said: Accepted. I intend to use Montesa on some trails occasionally, but from your answers can assume that trial bike is most efficient with trial tyres. No more doubts, tks guys. I know you are already willing to stick with the trials tires however figured you might like this bit of info from someone that dose trail ride his trials bike. I use my Montesa for trail and trials and run trials tires 100% of the time. I have had better traction by far than I expected and can get up harder trails than any of my riding buddies. The only times I have debated on a knobby tire was, when in some deep sand and a time when a small section of very muddy trail was a pain. I was able to do both sections okay but would have been a bit easier I think with a more knobby tire. Other than that 9 years of mixed trail and trials and prefer the Michelin X11's if I can find then for both types of riding. My experience for what its worth and hope you enjoy the bike and what ever type of riding you decide to do on it. Edited Friday at 04:42 PM by jonnyc21 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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