That’s because the High Roller II does everything better–it rolls faster, brakes better, and has a Enter your email address to receive our top stories via email each week.Cool to see the HRII on top. Bike Magazine has affiliate partnerships so we may receive compensation for some links to products and services. In Specialized I had settled with the Butcher Grid in front and have liked that tire a lot. All rights reserved. When I bought the tire, I put it on front at first and hated it, but once on the rear, it shines imo — very consistent and good follower. You have exposed my Specialized bias. However, once most people tried the High Roller II, they forgot all about its predecessor. It bridges the gap nicely between the XC-focused Ikon and the more aggressive Minion DHF, which makes the Ardent ideal for short travel trail bikes. Since the Trail King is a fairly knobby tire, it should generally be compared to fully knobbed, “all mountain” type tires, like the Maxxis Minion… It played to the strengths the tread pattern has long offered.
Great tire. Did Continental manage to pull off the transfer of power, or was this just plain regicide?The Trail Kings carry over most of Continental’s tech, namely Black Chili, which is a zesty way of saying Continental puts The Trail King was easy enough to set up, seating quickly on my 30-millimeter-internal We Are One Agent carbon rims without the use of a compressor, and I topped them off to 23 PSI front and back to start. The tread pattern works well in a variety of terrain, but does struggle in loose over hard–tough conditions for any tire. The larger side knobs are buttressed on the leading edges, which lends some support during cornering. Some prefer speed, others grip, some mud clearance.
I’ve been considering this for while. These knobs are not terribly high profile and combined with the additional support from these buttresses, that feeling of the knobs "folding over" when really pressuring a turn was all but eliminated. Many companies chose the Nobby Nic because it is light, which keeps complete bike weights down, but that often came with a serious tradeoff in durability. We shall see…Think the author was going for a more XC list and not a DH comparison or there wold be more Specialized on the list.The operative words here are READERS’ CHOICE. This is a list of the most popular tires, not necessarily the best. And by and large they were up to the task.
After all, humans in general are averse to change. What we do know is that it works damn well even when skimping on the sealant.On the first rides with the Trail Kings, I rode them like I expected them to have my back no matter how many poor line choices I’d make. When the trail conditions were anywhere near optimal, my elevator-pitch-style review of the Trail King II would be “Aggressor meets High Roller II.” My bike-review-style synopsis would simply be “confidence-inspiring,” with apologies for the cliché.Only when the going got wet and slimy did the Trail King IIs come apart, where the tire’s slightly-too-spread-out, slightly-too-small knobs caused them to get overwhelmed by slime and grime.
This has nothing to do with the author’s opinion on tires. I think (gasp!) The biggest issue with it – and it’s a big issue – is that I couldn’t get it to set up tubeless and neither could a couple of mechanics.
Bike Magazine The Continental Trail King needed a revisit. It’s available in a wide variety of configurations, price points, and the tread pattern itself is versatile. And that’s why, as you can see, the Trail King II isn’t exactly a ground-up rebuild. I guess it’s time to step over and give the Maxxis a try — the DHF in front and HRII in the rear. The Continental Trail King mountain bike tire took the Schwalbe’s Nobby Nic might just be the most commonly spec’d tire on new mountain bikes. As I mentioned above I am running a Butcher Grid in front right now and like it. I’ll be really happy to get out of the rear tubes next year.Does anyone have experience with both the Butcher and DHF as front tires?
It’s a trail tyre, through and through, sitting somewhere between the Crossmark and legendary Minion in terms of rolling speed/grip stakes. It’s because the DHF is damn-near perfect as it is. True about getting the side knobs hooked up. Your information has been successfully processed!Plus Schwalbe's overhauled "Super" series of casing optionsSubscribe to our free newsletter and stay up-to-date with the latest from Sparse, relatively shallow knobs help shed mud, and the Trail Kings certainly don’t pack up with it. Despite being a damn fine choice for those loose-over-hard trails or for that elusive summer loam, the tire hadn’t changed since the industry started moving toward wider rims and, soon thereafter, matching wider tire options to them.
However, if you can ride just inside that limit, it’s a ripping trail tire.Messing with a mountain bike tire as legendary as the original High Roller was risky. Both tires were ready to go out of the gate with no overnight top off like I’m accustomed to when tossing on a new tire. When the trail conditions were anywhere near optimal, my elevator-pitch-style review of the Trail King II would be “Aggressor meets High Roller II.”
First published October 17, 2016 @ 4:05:12 Singletracks may receive compensation for purchases made through affiliate links in this article. But it does sit on a brand new foundation.
It’s because the DHF is damn-near perfect as it is. Many riders–myself included–consider it the gold standard for aggressive treads. Subscribe to BIKE’s Newsletter to receive stories like this straight to your inbox.
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