Mountain bike tires are traditionally associated with trail riding. However, since it’s widespread and tremendous rise in popularity in the early 90s, mountain biking has seen the birth of a great many other disciplines, like cross-country, downhill, and enduro riding.
Furthermore, older-style mountain bike frames have been repurposed into commuter bikes, gravel bikes, and as such there’s a great demand for non-trail options like slick, touring, gravel and commuter tires.
And even though 29 inch tires have all but decimated the competition, there are still many bikes out there in need of both 26 inch, and 27.5 inch tires.
Whatever you’re looking for, you can bet we’ve created a specific blogpost for it.
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With this article I’m going to cover the best 27.5 e-bike tires. I’m specifically going to cover tires meant for urban and light offroad use. If you meant to use these tires on your e-MTB there are better tires available.
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The top 6 best 29 inch tan-wall tires
In this article I’m going to give you the best 29 inch tan-wall tires.
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The top 8 best 26 inch XC tires for 2023
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The top 6 fastest 26 inch bike tires for 2023
In this article I’m going to focus on providing you with a list of the fastest 26 inch bike tires.
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The top 7 best 27.5 semi slick tyres for 2023
In this article I’m going to cover some of the best 27.5 semi slick tyres you’ll be able to find.
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The top 5 best 26 inch gravel tires for 2023
In this article I’m going to cover my list of the very best 26 inch gravel tires of 2022.
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The top 11 best 27.5 enduro tires for 2023
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The top 7 best 26 inch road tires for mountain bikes for 2023
In this article I’m going to give you my top picks for the best 26 inch road tires for mountain bikes for this year.
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The top 8 best 26 inch commuter tires for 2023
With this article I’m going to share my top picks for the best 26 inch commuter tires.
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The top 8 best 26 inch hybrid bike tires for 2023
In this article I’m going to give you my list for the very best 26 inch hybrid bike tires.
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The top 14 best 27.5 inch hybrid bike tires for 2023
In this article I’m going to cover the best 27.5 inch hybrid bike tires.
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The top 9 best 26 inch dirt jumper tires for 2023
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The top 8 best 29 inch road tires for mountain bikes for 2023
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It’s becoming harder and harder to find a solid pair of 26 inch enduro tires. But many mountain bikers, myself included, feel there’s nothing wrong with their older-style mountain bikes. So if you enj
The top 8 best 27.5 tubeless mountain bike tires
In this article I’m going to give the a wide range of the very best 27.5 tubeless mountain bike tires.
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The top 9 fastest 27.5 mtb tires for 2023
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Continental is a brand I always turn to when the occassion arises of purchasing a new set of t
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The top 13 best 29 inch tubeless mountain bike tires for 2023
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The top 6 best 29 inch tubeless gravel tires
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You see, the more all-round a mounta
The top 4 best Panaracer 26 inch mountain bike tires for 2023
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The top 10 best 27.5 gravel tires
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The enduro scene has been dominated by Maxxis for quite a while now, but it’s nice to see a number of other big bra
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The top 11 lightest 26 inch mountain bike tires for 2023
In this article I’m going to give you the lightest 26 inch mountain bike tires money can buy.
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The top 13 best 27.5 commuter tires
In this article I’m going to give you an solid selection of the best 27.5 commuter tires to choose from.
A high-quality set of tires is a great way to enhance your riding experience at relatively low
The top 8 best 29 inch downhill tires
In this article I’m going to give you what I feel to be the best 29 inch downhill tires you can buy.
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The top 10 best 29 inch hybrid bike tires for 2023
In this article I’m going to cover what I believe would constitute a proper list of the best 29 inch hybrid bike tires.
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The top 7 best 26 inch gumwall mountain bike tires for 2023
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The top 6 best 27.5 road tires
In this article I’m going to give you some speedy solutions in a list of the best 27.5 road tires.
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The top 5 best 29 inch slick mountain bike tires
In this article I’m going to give a number of options for the best 29 inch slick mountain bike tires.
The tires in this list represent a category of unique examples that can be used for urban, commut
The top 13 best 29 inch cross country mountain bike tires for 2023
I”m going to show you a list of the best 29 inch cross country mountain bike tires.
It’s probably my favourite mountain bike discipline, although that’s pretty easy where I’m from, because there are
The top 13 best wide 26 inch mountain bike tires for 2023
In this article I’m going to give a number of very solid options for wide 26 inch mountain bike tires.
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The top 7 best 27.5 all mountain tires
In this article I’m going to give you some serious contenders for the very best 27.5 all mountain tires.
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The top 21 best 29 inch bikepacking tires
In this article I’m going to give you the ultimate list of the very best 29 inch bikepacking tires money can buy.
To create this list I’ve taken into account the fact that bikepacking means something
The top 7 best 26 inch MTB trail tires for 2023
In this article I’m going to give you what I feel to be the best 26 inch MTB trail tires money can buy.
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The top 6 best 26 inch mountain bike tires on Amazon for 2023
In this article I’m going to give you an overview of the best 26 inch mountain bike tires on Amazon.
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The top 6 best 27.5 inch mud tires
In this article I’m going to give you an overview of the best 27.5 inch mud tires.
When you move into the category of MTB mud tires, you undoubtedly move into the direction of downhill and enduro tir
The top 6 best 29 inch trail tires
In this article I’m going to provide you with an overview of the best 29 inch trail tires.
The tires on this list have proven themselves to be amazing allrounders, and with any of them you can tackle
The top 6 best 26 inch tan-wall MTB tires for 2023
In this article I’m going to give an overview of the best 26 inch tan-wall MTB tires.
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The top 5 best puncture resistant 26 inch tires for 2023
In this overview you’ll find my top picks for the very best puncture resistant 26 inch tires.
In there’s one thing I hate the most besides crashing my bike, it’s running a flat. It instantly kills yo
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In this article we’re going to cover one of my favorite subjects: speed. More specifically, I’m going to give you my top picks for the fastest 29 inch MTB tires.
I started out my cycling career on a