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That rear wear certainly looks like you've been riding over sharpness. I never had a problem either with MM US on the front of my EMTB, rear is a different story like we've seen from many people here. I've been very happy with how well the new Eddy Current has been holding up in SoCal conditions and it performs well too. It's no TC but I have double the miles on the EC and very little wear. I think anyone on an EMTB should give the radial EC a try.

I also think that radial tires are the biggest innovation in MTB technology since modern geo.

Could you please share links for where people have tested the rolling resistance of radial tires vs bias ply? Haven't seen that yet.

Idk whats going on in this forum lately. Amaury: I'm using radials. Schwalbe: our riders are all using radials. Us: no one's using radials. My personal experience, riding them in every condition imaginable, including snow: the biggest improvement in mountain bike technology since we figured out 64 degree HTA could apply to non DH bikes.

Test that became pointless in the radial/normal difference since they run the radial version at the same pressure, something nobody does.

Yeah for sure, our perceptions are generally not that reliable. I was more just reacting to saying the drum testing is "flawed". I think it's more just that it's limited than flawed, which I get that you understand, but I think a lot of people don't. Enduro mag did test radial tires. Unfortunately BRR voting is dominated by roadies and so they don't produce any data on gravity tires really, and only just cover XC tires. https://enduro-mtb.com/en/mtb-tire-test-weight-rolling-resistance-punct… They showed that in their testing the Magic Mary (the only tread pattern available in radial and non-radial) was ~5w slower in the...

To be fair, don't they market the new Eddy Current as the recommend rear for ebikes? Eddy Current

@SRAM and Shimano engage in price fixing - You probably want to get involved here lol

Had a pretty big ride on the new 2.4 Trail Romy radial, just because it’s quite a bit shorter than the Albert I went up 1 psi, I’m impressed by the grip, after the first ride it measures 60mm knob to knob, gained 2mm from when freshly mounted. It rolls considerably faster than the Albert, I can make it drift/slide without forcing it with the brakes unlike the Albert, still great traction on tech/slippery climbs and great braking traction on the way down too, really nice tyre

Code haters are just exhausting people. Codes are fine, always will be. Just because a maven exists. Remember, at one point WC downhillers had guides on their bikes. And guides suddenly became the worst brakes of all time the same day codes got released… time is a flat circle

Just mount em up and shred the shit out of them, they’ll be fine.

I think with the MK1 tacky chan they marketed it more like that. But it’s pretty obvious the tread pattern wears quickly. Openly spaced treads with sharp braking edges will always wear pretty quickly

Also, I'm thinking of converting my ebike to a mullet. It's current MM R front, Albert R rear. Ill be needing a new rear tire. If the Tacky Chan really does roll faster than the Albert, and is better on the DH, is that what I should get in 650b for the rear? Again, if the Tacky Chan rolls faster than the Albert, whats the point of the Albert?