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One reason might be to prevent flats. I've only had 2 flats in the past year and a half, but both were from breaking a spoke, which then pushed back through the hole in the DTSwiss rim and punctured the rim tape. Regular rim tape (stans, mucoff, etc) isn't good against spoke impacts, but it doesn't leave residue when you peel it off like Gorilla tape. If combined, you get no residue, but also better resistance against spoke punctures.

I tested the Albert Trail 2.5 US on the front on my Relay and it didn't cut it. It was removed after 2 rides. (same tire is great up front on my trail bike, less loose rocks, not as fast, etc.) The MM Radial went on afterwards and felt amazing. I do really like the 2.6 Albert Soft gravity on the rear of the Relay however. As far as the casing feel, it's weird for like 15 minutes max on the radials, like a bit wooden feeling. Which brings up another point: Due to my impending divorce situation, I'm running...

BMC reduction in force given current conditions but also this: Perhaps understandably, no new product launches are planned for the SCOR and Adicta Lab brands, however, the company will continue supporting riders, retailers and selling the existing range. “Market developments will be closely monitored and all options for the future of SCOR and Adicta Lab will be kept open.” Full article https://cyclingindustry.news/bmc-refocuses-on-core-business-sheds-40-jo…

Lol, well, technically the Shredda Front is a 2:2:2 pattern, but it's not a competitor against Argotal, HIllbilly and High Roller 3. All three of those tires can be ridden on hardpack/flow trails, etc. The Shredda Front is a soft conditions-only tire. Sketchy on hard pack, super hard to pedal with 8mm tall knobs, etc. Ebike soft conditions tire. This new un-released Schwable (which I posted above), but will post here again, is an all-arounder, exactly like the HR3, Hillbilly, Argotal. Obviously a bias to loose conditions but enough knob surface area and stout enough knobs for bike park/hard conditions...

The Radial casings are amazing (I'm only 150lbs) but as I've said many times there are still holes in their lineup. The Albert is a great 'trail' tire but not a summer high-speed shred tire. Just not aggressive enough. An Assegai, by comparison, looks like a beast with teeth. They need to roll out the Big Betty in Radial asap. The Betty could benefit from a bit more 'breathing room' between the knobs as it packs up quick with mud given how tight the knobs are. Also, they need to release that new 2:2:2 Argotal/High Roller 3 tire ASAP. Once...

MM is the do it all tire for all but the most extreme conditions (hard pack or mud party) if you can stand the slight drifting on more compact surfaces. You get used to it tho. I only noticed it the first few rides after coming back from a butcher/eliminator combo.

Yes, there is a break-in period. I mounted a lightly used and new radials this weekend and it's amazing how different the casing is. If mid corner support lacks try MM's. I stayed away from MM's bc input for non-radials was they're not great for SoCal, I didn't find that to be true at all. I like the MM front and Albert rear combo for conditions similar to yours.

Man, thanks for sharing all that info! It's interesting to hear the different feedback on the radials. We are hearing that for heavier riders in hard terrain, the casing can squirm in those high load cornering situations you refer to, even at increased pressure. In softer or mixed terrain where average speeds are lower, they seem to perform well.

Possible that they offer a 15mm conversion kit like the Marzocchi DJ fork? Probably not the best solution, but depending on the dropouts, it could be an option..

tried using chatGPT with a ton of quality prompts, my years of expertise to tune me up a winning Vital Fantasy team....I got worked, 312th or some crap, my missus smoked me, shes 70th and wont hear the end of it. I last minute traded in bruni to buy up some mid packers-what a bust.

Would have been nice to know this was coming.

Sorry if this has already been posted, but just a reminder that the Juniors finals will be streamed live and free on the WHOOP UCI Mountain Bike World Series Youtube channel, starting at 5:30 Eastern on Sunday, May 18. Visit: https://www.youtube.com/@uci_mtbworldseries/streams for links to streams.

Good to see Randy sending it while RR races DH.

EDR Two first-time winners Canadian first-year elite Ellie Hosking wins women’s. Slawomir Lukasik wins men’s. Randy in 6th!

Appears to be some sort of belted purse.

Get your flame fingers ready for use, folx. An UnPopular Opinion is ahead: I joked with friends/coworkers that if you ever have a bad day at work just remember that somewhere there's a team of mech designers that had to design and render the cycbertruck. I think one of those designers went over to whomever is making those likely Brembo brakes and used all of their design chops they picked up rendering that poorly laid plan of a vehicle on that MC. Woof!