I'm looking at getting some serious trail tires. I don't need them for anything but the
trail. I have a seperate wheel set for everything else.
I've been hitting Draper trails pretty hard on my stock tires, but I'm getting to a point
where I could really use some more grip.
So I'm looking for max grip and durability without comprimising too much speed. Any suggestions would be
appreciated.

I ride in dry conditions mostly. My trail is really diverse. It goes from hard packed dirt with a few sandy spots to full out rock to rose rocks over hard packed dirt.

maxxis advantage 2.1

my trails are similar...most of my bikes have Kenda Nevegals, but I've used Kenda Karma Pro's...an XC racing tire that's not great in sand but excels on everything else.

I have one bike set up for sand with Mitsubishi Super Heats 2.1 front, 1.95 rear

I checked the reviews on the kenda nevegals. Pretty good , but I read some complaints about the nobs coming off. Has that been a prob for you?

Also, what psi do you guys reccomend? I'm around 240ish and pretty aggressive when it comes to drops and climbs. I've been runnning at 40 but I'm reading about guys going as low as 12.

I've only tried a few different tires, but I'm a bit cheap...

Really like the Hutchinson Scorpion; it's light, rolls well, very nice new. The rubber is kinda soft and sticky, good new, but it wears. They can be got < $15 from greenfish. I run them on the front, where they last pretty well.

A lot of people don't like them, "... not enough knobs." To me that sounds like "...too many notes." in reference to Mozart.

The Panaracer Fire XC etc. wears well, but I felt that its performance drops off quickly as it wears, seems like the body of the knobs is harder and kinda sucks.

I run the IRC Mythos rear specific on the back.

O.K., I'm cheap! These tires are on the light side, which I like. One must be a bit more careful as the knobs wer down, or change out for new ones.

I don't care much for the heavier tires; I run through the neighborhoods to the park, and sometimes the RR track rightofway. Both feature mostly fast pedaling; the park has up&down, but is fireroad in fairly good shape.

My trail conditions are different from yours. Loose soil, rocks, roots, loose leaves, sometimes dry sometimes wet. So take my advice with a grain of salt. I've had really good experiences with the MTB Velociraptors on the rear. The big paddles are perfect for putting down power on loose soil and climbing pver rocks and roots. Haven't found a front tire I'm in love with yet.

Ill check those out Chris. I have a lot of roots as well. I just dont really ride when it's wet out because people frown on it a bit here because it adds to the erosion. Our course is really rooty though. A lot of people shave their bars down to the absolute minimum for draper because it's so tight with trees. That's how I wipe out ussually. I never wipe on the drops. I ussually wipe on single track thats weaving tightly through trees. My handle bars are huge.

if your looking at velociraptors be sure to check the irc mythos .. they are about the same design and lighter.

I have the same problem. New England riding is all about trees (and their roots). I also have wide bars, though I mounted my controls as far inboard as possible and shaved an inch from them. I also mounted some bar ends on 'em. The ends of the bars point inwards and work well to deflect trees outwards so you bounce off 'em instead of getting caught on 'em. However if the tree manages to get inside the bar ends you're going down (or at least coming to a stop).