Not really sure what is so appealing about these tires, but they must be good, ALOT of people run them or some form of them. I've been debating picking up a set of fronts for my bike for the time being as I'm gonna need some new fronts before longer as mine are started to lose the center set of nubs. As far as rears I'm running carlisle strykers and I like them alot, they grab great in everything, Not really the best of you like to powerslide alot, but you can get them to if you want.