New Season, New Tires, New Thread

[rideit]

Any of you have some decent time on the knarliest/softest compound Schwalbe Radials yet? Would love to hear a ‘long term’ review (well, since last fall, at least!)

[SJG]

my biggest beef with Schwalbe was they wore out fast, like 500mi. That coupled with how expensive they were, I could no longer afford them. But this was like 6yrs ago.

[GravityDT]

Not the Schwalbes, but Dang finally went for the Enduro compound/casing Kryptotals Fr/Rr on the new whip and after a handful of rides locally plus S. UT and I have found the new fave….

[rideit]

What bike you on this year, D?

[jackdaven000@gmail.com]

health

[GravityDT]

What bike you on this year, D?

Ripmo…. I likey. Let’s ride soon

[alpinevibes]

<p>
I&#39;ve been running a Dissector up front and Ground Control T7 rear as a light, but not XC light, tire combo on my Izzo. The GC is worn to the point of washing around a fair amount. I&#39;m thinking about putting my Dissector on the back and buying something with a touch more grip up front, but hopefully still at/under 1000g. Any thoughts? I&#39;m riding mostly fast, dry, loose-over-hard trails here on the western slope of CO. I&#39;d thought of running Dissector F+R, but the knob pattern hasn&#39;t been the best as a front tire for my style.</p>

[bamboocoreONLY]

I love the schwalbe radials, have the ultra soft compound as well. I can run 29-30 pis and get the grip of low 20's. I especially notice it when really laying to bike over in a turn, the side knobs just lock in like I've never experienced

[carlh]

I switched the dissector on my hardtail to the back and put a grid casing butcher up from that I bought accidentally thinking it was a grid trail. Feels like a great combo but going to be a step slower than what you have. I felt like the dissector only works in a narrow range of lean angles up front and wouldn’t put one there again.

[TAFKALVS]

Magic Mary Radial Front + Albert Rear, or Albert/Albert?

Or Assegai f/r?

Going on a transition repeater. Have been running magic mary/big betty. Rear tire is pretty much done. Front still has life but it seems weird to not replace the front?

[skaredshtles]

Magic Mary Radial Front + Albert Rear, or Albert/Albert? Or Assegai f/r? Going on a transition repeater. Have been running magic mary/big betty. Rear tire is pretty much done. Front still has life but it seems weird to not replace the front?

Fresh meat up front, move front to the back. At least that's how I roll 'em.

[stuckathuntermtn]

I couldn't imagine the drag you'd get from Assegai on the rear. Do you hate yourself? Is this a downhill bike? Even then, that sounds terrible.

[EWG]

Finally reading through this thread and realizing how little thought I give tires. The selection criteria has always been pretty much &quot;what&#39;s available through sponsoships/prodeals free or cheap.&quot;

I mean, I intellectually understand it makes a difference, and I want to care, but once they go on the bike I stop thinking about them till they spin when they shouldn&#39;t. How much am I missing out on?

[stuckathuntermtn]

Not much, I guess. Good for you. Really. Wish tires didn't effect me much.

[stuckathuntermtn]

I'd think of it like this: can you tell the differences between skis and how they're tuned? Can you adjust your skiing and be just fine, but still have certain preferences? Bike tires are kind of like that.
Except you're also going uphill a lot (idk, maybe you skin a lot, or maybe you just ride downhill and park) and if something is really wrong, you don't have any nice soft snow to fall on.

[stuckathuntermtn]

Back on track: kinda wish Vittoria had a cheaper/harder offering for rear tires. The Martello isn't slow, but it is starting to show wear. It's also not anywhere near as generously sized as my previous tire. It's barely the 2.35 it says it is.
Sidewalls seem durable enough. Probably slightly better than Exo. Or at least they weep less. (Standard gray sidewalls. Forget what they call that).
But then again, Missoula has no rocks, as you may have heard. Not a single one. And certainly no chewed up ATV trails and stuff.
Do you even flow trail, bro?

[skaredshtles]

I couldn't imagine the drag you'd get from Assegai on the rear. Do you hate yourself? Is this a downhill bike? Even then, that sounds terrible.

I ain't sportin' no Assguy. Michelin Wild Rock'R for me.

[stuckathuntermtn]

I ain't sportin' no Assguy. Michelin Wild Rock'R for me.

Oh, you got in ahead of me. Was talking to previous poster.

[J. Barron DeJong]

Back on track: kinda wish Vittoria had a cheaper/harder offering for rear tires. The Martello isn&#39;t slow, but it is starting to show wear. It&#39;s also not anywhere near as generously sized as my previous tire. It&#39;s barely the 2.35 it says it is. Sidewalls seem durable enough. Probably slightly better than Exo. Or at least they weep less. (Standard gray sidewalls. Forget what they call that). But then again, Missoula has no rocks, as you may have heard. Not a single one. And certainly no chewed up ATV trails and stuff. Do you even flow trail, bro?

FYI, new Martellos are 2.4&quot;. I have an enduro casing on a 29mm rim and just measured it at bang on 2.4&quot; casing width, maybe 2.38-2.39 tread width.

I destroyed my grey sidewall casing on the rear really quickly, but it has been fine on the front.

[TAFKALVS]

I couldn't imagine the drag you'd get from Assegai on the rear. Do you hate yourself? Is this a downhill bike? Even then, that sounds terrible.

Steep chonky trails and a shimano ep8.

I have a propain hugene with fast rolling tires for fast rolling tire nonsense.

[HotSchmoo]

I rolled double Assegais over a winter season a couple years ago. Slow as fuck both up and down. You might not mind the weight and slow roll on an eeb but you'll still be rolling slower downhill.
I found it great on the steep rooty gnar of winter westside WA riding as well as steep dryside spring shenanigans. But once it's not steep it quickly becomes not fun. As in like having to pedal to keep speed for jumps or just mellower trails.

[stuckathuntermtn]

Friends don't let friends ride ebikes.

[alpinevibes]

Back on track: kinda wish Vittoria had a cheaper/harder offering for rear tires. The Martello isn't slow, but it is starting to show wear. It's also not anywhere near as generously sized as my previous tire. It's barely the 2.35 it says it is.
Sidewalls seem durable enough. Probably slightly better than Exo. Or at least they weep less. (Standard gray sidewalls. Forget what they call that).
But then again, Missoula has no rocks, as you may have heard. Not a single one. And certainly no chewed up ATV trails and stuff.
Do you even flow trail, bro?

Something to consider: [Per my tire inquiry above, after much Tech Talky handwringin] i ended up ordering the e- Aggaro Trail 29x2.35, which is a slightly harder rubber version of the normal Agarro and intended to wear longer for use on e-MTB. Same weight and tread pattern. I’ll hopefully have it mounted this week and we’ll see how it feels. Might be a nice rear?

[carlh]

Having issues with exo dissectors on the back of my hardtail. I have had 2 casings warp when landing a jump a little sideways with enough wobble to hit the frame. Happened today and I flipped it backwards and put in a tube and it’s spinning ok. Going to try to reset forward tubeless when I have a chance.
Assuming the answer here is a stronger casing but is there something about the dissector that is extra prone to this?

[El Chupacabra]

I like the Dissector as a rear tire, but I find it wears quickly - the corner knobs undercut pretty soon.