Bryan Gast posted a discussion

November 24, 2014

Tire selection

So I am posting this in the "noob" section because I finally broke down and built a cross specific rig. I have been riding/racing bike XC mountain bikes for years. So here is my question. In the MTB world there have been front and rear specific tires since the early to mid 90's and I always select tires for my MTB rig with this in mind. However, now that I have a dedicated CX bike I have been paying more attention to how CX bikes are set up. It seems that CX riders use the same tires front and rear. It there a reason for this or am I missing something? It seems to me (as with MTB's) that the front and rear tires have two very different jobs, so the tires reflect that. Thought's?Thanks!See More