Continental Explorer Pro XC Tyre

These tyres are designed for general use and also aimed at XC cycling. The main thing that sets this tyre out form a lot of the others is the tread pattern continues right round to the side wall, Continental calls it an Endless Edge tread block design. But in real terms this extra tread gives better cornering and also helps on those slippery roots. There are wire ones that come in at 570g and 515g for the Kevlar version.

They come as 2.1inch wide but are closer to 2 which we prefer any way. On the road they are not the smoothest of tyres and have quite a high rolling resistance however they are off road tyres so what do you expect! Off road the extra tread on the sides gives great corning performance and on the rear gives impressive traction when climbing. They were good in the muddy sections but on dryer rocky rides they did not perform as well.

Over all these tyres are good in wet muddy conditions but don’t give the overall performance if you ride in lots of different conditions and on the road.

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