WTB VelociRaptor

Pros: Great traction, gets better with age
Cons: Rolling resistance and weight, but you can change these

These tires actually changed with my taste in tire selection. How can this happen? Well just bear with me for a minute and I will tell you how I rediscovered this tire after a few years of letting it sit. These tires came stock on a bike I got about 6 ...

Pros: Bites through loose ground, wide, aggressive tread design, predictable, dependable
Cons: Somewhat noisy

The Velociraptors are very stable predictable tires. I'm still somewhat of a novice so I wanted a tire that would handle predictably and be reliable. I ride mostly on loose rock and gravel out here in Arizona, so I needed something that can bite through ...

Pros: Lasts forever, classic design,
Cons: none

WTB Velociraptor are excellent mid priced ATB tires, I dont know if there is a more common tire out there right now, excellent tread design that will keep you on the trail and out of the brush.

These are tires you can trust to keep the thorns...

Pros: Sticky rubber, wide footprint, aggresive tread, good value.
Cons: Not cheap, difficult install, not made for roads.

I've owned my first "real" (above Wal-Mart) mountain bike as an adult for just over a year now. It came stock with it's no-name Chinese tires. They looked fine to me. I didn't know the difference. They were knobby enough but didn't seem to grip all that ...