@schwalbai spill the beans, from what i see it's a Race Pro casing, Radial, and Ralph thread, i'm curious how different it would be in terms...
@schwalbai spill the beans, from what i see it's a Race Pro casing, Radial, and Ralph thread, i'm curious how different it would be in terms of construction vs Trail Pro
yep thats what i'm seeing to!
The tires that already feature the Race Pro Construction (Tacky Chan, Romy, Rick) have 3 layers of 67 epi carcass n the sidewall, 2 on top (along with a puncture protective strip). Likely a complimentary layup for the radial design.
It's outcroppings of shale fins that are the problem. Aside from those, everything else is mostly smaller, broken shale plates on top of smooth/loose dirt with the occasional steep rock garden of limestone or sandstone. They're basically all moto trails so more raw without any purpose built features or big berms to slam the bike into. I started wearing a soccer shin guard on my back leg for a couple of these descents because my shin was getting destroyed by the flying shale plates. It is indeed a strange place to ride and they are some of my favorite trails anywhere with 2-4k descending per drop, 3-6k+ total per loop. Just horrific on brakes and tires. Probably one of the higher ratios of wrenching to riding I've done in a while.
And ya I do run kind of lower pressures than some but my approach is to go as low as I can get without blowing the tire off in corners or causing issues with squirm elsewhere. I probably have a higher tolerance for pinging rim than most since I don't really mind taking advantage of a lifetime warranty. Or maybe I just don't ride that hard idk. I've never really felt a need to go past 26, 27psi max but I also can't blow dh tires off the rim at 30psi like some of my friends. Sure the casings take a beating at lower pressures but that's what they're for. Plus the tire is still toast from tread wear before that becomes an issue (aside from the Conti stuff).
usually when looking at enduro mtb magazine's test results, I'm really only paying attention to rolling resistance, because I don't have problems with cuts or punctures.
but looking at it again, with a focus on punctures, it's pretty clear that for schwalbe, maxxis, specialized and continental all of them are much more sidewall and tread face resistant to cut/puncture with the heaviest DH casing, especially compared to trail casings of those same tires.
schwalbe super downhill appears the toughest by a fairly wide margin, but let's also not forget that this test was done using a machine created by schwalbe. I mean - I would still try the magic mary or tacky chan - but I wouldn't expect miracles, your shale-infested trails sound pretty brutal.
I'm searching for something that maybe doesn't exist, or maybe it does?
I'm riding 29x2.6 Alberts Radial on my hardtail/rigid Solaris Max. I love how damp the radials feel, I like the volume, I can pump them up a little stiffer while still get that nice muted feel. I can run them pretty soft as a rigid without bottoming out the rim. However they are pretty slow rolling.
Is there another tire out there that will have that nice cushy feel but have a faster tread? I feel like the cheapest thing I could do is just put a Romy on the rear, or should I get two Romy's? Is there another tire out there that I should look at?
Dear Tire Nerds,I'm searching for something that maybe doesn't exist, or maybe it does?I'm riding 29x2.6 Alberts Radial on my hardtail/rigid Solaris Max. I love how...
Dear Tire Nerds,
I'm searching for something that maybe doesn't exist, or maybe it does?
I'm riding 29x2.6 Alberts Radial on my hardtail/rigid Solaris Max. I love how damp the radials feel, I like the volume, I can pump them up a little stiffer while still get that nice muted feel. I can run them pretty soft as a rigid without bottoming out the rim. However they are pretty slow rolling.
Is there another tire out there that will have that nice cushy feel but have a faster tread? I feel like the cheapest thing I could do is just put a Romy on the rear, or should I get two Romy's? Is there another tire out there that I should look at?
You answered your question. Romy 2.5. At least rear, front maybe doesn't do much for you overall rolling speed.
I'd love to see some nerdy data about actual speed increases in front vs rear tires. Rear certainly makes more impact than front, but I wonder how much. For example, maybe on a 1 minute climb changing from albert to romy increases speed 2 seconds (3%), but on the front, 0.5 (0.08%).
Dear Tire Nerds,I'm searching for something that maybe doesn't exist, or maybe it does?I'm riding 29x2.6 Alberts Radial on my hardtail/rigid Solaris Max. I love how...
Dear Tire Nerds,
I'm searching for something that maybe doesn't exist, or maybe it does?
I'm riding 29x2.6 Alberts Radial on my hardtail/rigid Solaris Max. I love how damp the radials feel, I like the volume, I can pump them up a little stiffer while still get that nice muted feel. I can run them pretty soft as a rigid without bottoming out the rim. However they are pretty slow rolling.
Is there another tire out there that will have that nice cushy feel but have a faster tread? I feel like the cheapest thing I could do is just put a Romy on the rear, or should I get two Romy's? Is there another tire out there that I should look at?
You answered your question. Romy 2.5. At least rear, front maybe doesn't do much for you overall rolling speed. I'd love to see some nerdy...
You answered your question. Romy 2.5. At least rear, front maybe doesn't do much for you overall rolling speed.
I'd love to see some nerdy data about actual speed increases in front vs rear tires. Rear certainly makes more impact than front, but I wonder how much. For example, maybe on a 1 minute climb changing from albert to romy increases speed 2 seconds (3%), but on the front, 0.5 (0.08%).
I agree with that. I am currently running an Albert front Romy rear combo and it's working great, but I haven't tried a Romy front so I really don't know how that would go. the Romy has not be at all drifty on the rear so I suspect it would ride great as a front when you lean it well, but with lower and more sparse knobs I'd also think it wouldn't be as easy to ride as the Albert at low lean angles in slow tech.
Romy rolls faster than an Albert when both are soft compound, for sure, I just rode an Albert rear on a friend's bike last week.
They're available to purchase on Maxxis website now if you go to the dhx product page in the US. Just got an exo delivered this weekend
Looking more closely, looks like they have EXO+ in 29, but it's MaxxTerra.
I did grab a 29/DD/MG though. Even that has a spec sheet weight of 1,391g... that's a lot of rubber in those knobs!
Looking more closely, looks like they have EXO+ in 29, but it's MaxxTerra. :( I did grab a 29/DD/MG though. Even that has a spec sheet...
Looking more closely, looks like they have EXO+ in 29, but it's MaxxTerra.
I did grab a 29/DD/MG though. Even that has a spec sheet weight of 1,391g... that's a lot of rubber in those knobs!
Any indication any of the updates to the DH casing trickled down into DD/EXO+?
Looking more closely, looks like they have EXO+ in 29, but it's MaxxTerra. :( I did grab a 29/DD/MG though. Even that has a spec sheet...
Looking more closely, looks like they have EXO+ in 29, but it's MaxxTerra.
I did grab a 29/DD/MG though. Even that has a spec sheet weight of 1,391g... that's a lot of rubber in those knobs!
usually when looking at enduro mtb magazine's test results, I'm really only paying attention to rolling resistance, because I don't have problems with cuts or punctures.but...
usually when looking at enduro mtb magazine's test results, I'm really only paying attention to rolling resistance, because I don't have problems with cuts or punctures.
but looking at it again, with a focus on punctures, it's pretty clear that for schwalbe, maxxis, specialized and continental all of them are much more sidewall and tread face resistant to cut/puncture with the heaviest DH casing, especially compared to trail casings of those same tires.
schwalbe super downhill appears the toughest by a fairly wide margin, but let's also not forget that this test was done using a machine created by schwalbe. I mean - I would still try the magic mary or tacky chan - but I wouldn't expect miracles, your shale-infested trails sound pretty brutal.
I do remember schwalbe dh casings feeling exceptionally wooden the last I tried them a few years ago. I didn't really get along with the tread patterns and rubber durability I thought was meh but I can live with that it means the tire makes it to the bottom. Maybe I'll check those out, thanks
I agree with that. I am currently running an Albert front Romy rear combo and it's working great, but I haven't tried a Romy front so...
I agree with that. I am currently running an Albert front Romy rear combo and it's working great, but I haven't tried a Romy front so I really don't know how that would go. the Romy has not be at all drifty on the rear so I suspect it would ride great as a front when you lean it well, but with lower and more sparse knobs I'd also think it wouldn't be as easy to ride as the Albert at low lean angles in slow tech.
Romy rolls faster than an Albert when both are soft compound, for sure, I just rode an Albert rear on a friend's bike last week.
I have run albert front, romy rear as well as romy F/R and romy R with a tacky chan F and Mary F. How much rolling resistance comes from the rear tire depends on your bike's weight distibution which varies slightly based on head tube angle, chainstay length, etc but in general 70-75% of rolling resistance comes from the rear tire per the biggest tire nerds of all (gravel and road riders who test this stuff like crazy). As for the Romy, it works well as a front but I would limit this only to shorter travel bikes. I ran the front happily on my Reya (120) but tried it on my enduro bike for fun and did not like it. The tread does clear mud a little better than the albert but with the shorter knobs doesn't penetrate as well. Pretty minimal difference in front rolling resistance between albert and romy. My preferred combos:
Short travel trail bike: Albert radial soft front, romy diagonal mid rear
Mid travel trail bike: Tacky chan soft or ultrasoft front radial, romy diagonal gravity or trail (depending on your speeds) soft rear
Enduro bike: Magic mary ultrasoft gravity or trail (depending on your preferences) front, tacky chan gravity diagonal soft rear
I only run radials on the rear of my hardtail. Don't like them for any bikes where I'm riding faster, too vague in the corners.
I'm 180 rider weight and we have pretty rocky terrain. I don't have sidewall slicing issues but can't run less than 28 rear or the rim/tire is toast.
Curious what kind of rocky terrain would causes slicing but not rim strikes.
yep thats what i'm seeing to!
The tires that already feature the Race Pro Construction (Tacky Chan, Romy, Rick) have 3 layers of 67 epi carcass n the sidewall, 2 on top (along with a puncture protective strip). Likely a complimentary layup for the radial design.
It's outcroppings of shale fins that are the problem. Aside from those, everything else is mostly smaller, broken shale plates on top of smooth/loose dirt with the occasional steep rock garden of limestone or sandstone. They're basically all moto trails so more raw without any purpose built features or big berms to slam the bike into. I started wearing a soccer shin guard on my back leg for a couple of these descents because my shin was getting destroyed by the flying shale plates. It is indeed a strange place to ride and they are some of my favorite trails anywhere with 2-4k descending per drop, 3-6k+ total per loop. Just horrific on brakes and tires. Probably one of the higher ratios of wrenching to riding I've done in a while.
And ya I do run kind of lower pressures than some but my approach is to go as low as I can get without blowing the tire off in corners or causing issues with squirm elsewhere. I probably have a higher tolerance for pinging rim than most since I don't really mind taking advantage of a lifetime warranty. Or maybe I just don't ride that hard idk. I've never really felt a need to go past 26, 27psi max but I also can't blow dh tires off the rim at 30psi like some of my friends. Sure the casings take a beating at lower pressures but that's what they're for. Plus the tire is still toast from tread wear before that becomes an issue (aside from the Conti stuff).
usually when looking at enduro mtb magazine's test results, I'm really only paying attention to rolling resistance, because I don't have problems with cuts or punctures.
but looking at it again, with a focus on punctures, it's pretty clear that for schwalbe, maxxis, specialized and continental all of them are much more sidewall and tread face resistant to cut/puncture with the heaviest DH casing, especially compared to trail casings of those same tires.
schwalbe super downhill appears the toughest by a fairly wide margin, but let's also not forget that this test was done using a machine created by schwalbe. I mean - I would still try the magic mary or tacky chan - but I wouldn't expect miracles, your shale-infested trails sound pretty brutal.
Dear Tire Nerds,
I'm searching for something that maybe doesn't exist, or maybe it does?
I'm riding 29x2.6 Alberts Radial on my hardtail/rigid Solaris Max. I love how damp the radials feel, I like the volume, I can pump them up a little stiffer while still get that nice muted feel. I can run them pretty soft as a rigid without bottoming out the rim. However they are pretty slow rolling.
Is there another tire out there that will have that nice cushy feel but have a faster tread? I feel like the cheapest thing I could do is just put a Romy on the rear, or should I get two Romy's? Is there another tire out there that I should look at?
They're available to purchase on Maxxis website now if you go to the dhx product page in the US. Just got an exo delivered this weekend
Thanks! Just ordered.
You answered your question. Romy 2.5. At least rear, front maybe doesn't do much for you overall rolling speed.
I'd love to see some nerdy data about actual speed increases in front vs rear tires. Rear certainly makes more impact than front, but I wonder how much. For example, maybe on a 1 minute climb changing from albert to romy increases speed 2 seconds (3%), but on the front, 0.5 (0.08%).
I agree with that. I am currently running an Albert front Romy rear combo and it's working great, but I haven't tried a Romy front so I really don't know how that would go. the Romy has not be at all drifty on the rear so I suspect it would ride great as a front when you lean it well, but with lower and more sparse knobs I'd also think it wouldn't be as easy to ride as the Albert at low lean angles in slow tech.
Romy rolls faster than an Albert when both are soft compound, for sure, I just rode an Albert rear on a friend's bike last week.
Looking more closely, looks like they have EXO+ in 29, but it's MaxxTerra.
I did grab a 29/DD/MG though. Even that has a spec sheet weight of 1,391g... that's a lot of rubber in those knobs!
Any indication any of the updates to the DH casing trickled down into DD/EXO+?
No
I do remember schwalbe dh casings feeling exceptionally wooden the last I tried them a few years ago. I didn't really get along with the tread patterns and rubber durability I thought was meh but I can live with that it means the tire makes it to the bottom. Maybe I'll check those out, thanks
I have run albert front, romy rear as well as romy F/R and romy R with a tacky chan F and Mary F. How much rolling resistance comes from the rear tire depends on your bike's weight distibution which varies slightly based on head tube angle, chainstay length, etc but in general 70-75% of rolling resistance comes from the rear tire per the biggest tire nerds of all (gravel and road riders who test this stuff like crazy). As for the Romy, it works well as a front but I would limit this only to shorter travel bikes. I ran the front happily on my Reya (120) but tried it on my enduro bike for fun and did not like it. The tread does clear mud a little better than the albert but with the shorter knobs doesn't penetrate as well. Pretty minimal difference in front rolling resistance between albert and romy. My preferred combos:
Short travel trail bike: Albert radial soft front, romy diagonal mid rear
Mid travel trail bike: Tacky chan soft or ultrasoft front radial, romy diagonal gravity or trail (depending on your speeds) soft rear
Enduro bike: Magic mary ultrasoft gravity or trail (depending on your preferences) front, tacky chan gravity diagonal soft rear
I only run radials on the rear of my hardtail. Don't like them for any bikes where I'm riding faster, too vague in the corners.
Alright, I ordered a 2.5 Romy for the rear, and keeping the Albert up front. Happy rolling speed, thanks for the reccomendo y'all
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