Comfortable, confidence building tyre, best in medium to soft terrain,
Disadvantages:
Roling resistance penalty on hardpack and gravel
Recommend to potential buyers:
yes
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The Cinders so far are my favourite all-purpose trail tyre. I like them better than the Fire XC Pros, they're slower rolling, but inspire more confidence.
I have the cinders in 2.1. And it is a full 2.1 carcass, unlike many manufacturers whose 2.1 carcasses look somewhat skinny. The tyre is best suited to medium to soft terrain, where it excels, hooking up really nicely finding plenty of traction in the soft stuff.
I run them between 35-40 psi, which gives decent comfort, and grip, and reasonable mud shedding ability . In very thick/deep mud, they tend to spin rather than grip, and they don't clear quite as quickly as a mud-specific tyre, but otherwise as long as you keep the tyre pressures down, the gear low and go for it, they'll get you through most muddy sections.
On hardpack and gravel, the high knobs makes their presence felt, and you'll pay for it in rolling resistance, but they seem to grip pretty well even when leant over. They're OK in rock gardens, and seem pretty reliable hooking up without sliding in rooty sections.
Durability and puncture resistance looks to be pretty good too. Very little wear showing on the lugs despite 9 months of hard riding. They also came away virtually untouched after a punishing weekend in Wales hammering them through slate rock gardens.
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