I am restoring my old 04 Gary Fisher and turning it into a full rigid MTB. It has come time to select tires and I need some advice as to which tire and combo. Use will be XC and technical singletrack.

I am currently considering the following tires from WTB: Rear Velociraptor 26x2.1; Front Stout 26x2.3; and Front Prowler 26x2.3

I want to go with a larger tire up front to soak up as much vibration as possible given i am using a rigid front fork.

Any other tire/combos I should be looking at? Thanks.