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Continental Mud King 1.8in mountain bike tyre review

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Continental Mud King 1.8 tyre

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3.5 out of 5 stars

"Pricey, but a good option for wet and wild winter rides"

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Thu 3 Nov 2011, 12:00 pm GMTBy

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The cross-country version of Continental’s Rain King downhill tyre is a deep-winter bog buster and technical trail weapon. The narrow carcass and wide-spaced cut-spike style lugs fang traction out of proper slop and sodden off-camber grass that defeats most tyres.

The Black Chili compound helps it stick to rocks and roots where others slide or ‘walk’ and wobble around too. This makes it more predictable than pointier spikes in mixed woodsy or rocky conditions and it's light enough to be a great epic winter ride tyre. Like all skinny tyres it rides more harshly and nervously than all-rounders on hardpack though. It’s expensive too.

This article was originally published in Mountain Biking UK magazine.

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Specification

Name:
Mud King 1.8 (11)
Built by:
Continental
Price:
n/a

Description:
2.3in DH version available - £54.95
Weight (g):
526 g

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