First ride on the Maxxis Chronicles - windy, cold & icy local route

Today was the first offroad ride on the Maxxis Chronicles. There was a vast mix of testing terrain from tarmac, sheet ice, mud, water, slippery leaves and gravel. It was only a short ride so this is only my first impressions of the tyre. The profile is defo more square shaped and they drag more on the hard packed gravel & tarmac, but it was a near gale force wind at times. The off chamber traction is alot better as is the traction from the rear when climbing in the saddle. I nearly lost the front end a couple of times so have not worked out its full grippyness yet. On the whole they are better grip in the wet brown stuff but will defo be swapping back to Knards come spring time next year for cruising along the hopefully dusty lines/trails I did a loop to the SE today as it has more shelter from the wind / wooded sections. It was hard work on the open parts in the head wind and still plenty of sheet ice patches on the exposed tarmac cycle tracks but the sun was shinning most of the time. The temperature was just hovering above the 1-2 degrees, it was the wind today that was the chiller. Below are a few photos, more soon -

backend did not spin out on the steppest climb of the ride