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Trail casing didn’t change

I maintain that Radial(ish) tires are the biggest technological leap forward in mountain biking since 2019. Even on hardpack. Just run the right pressures.

Not exactly a tech rumor, as this is actually real, but worth a post here I think - BikeYoke has just introduced their new "Cockpit Calculator" (do you have a better name for it?), basically a 3D visualization of how changing your geo and cockpit parameters affect your riding position. It's a pretty neat concept, with a few nice use cases that jump out at us. For example, if you're changing your frame and you want to get as close as possible to your old fit, this could help you figure out exactly what cockpit components you need to get...

Tacky for drier/hardpack trails, although it does very well in the intermediate conditions. Mary when its loose/wet.

big(ger) if true

Pressures seem way off. I'm 150lb and on my trail casing running 25/28 on a 140 trail bike. On a heckler (assumed 50lb) at 210 lbs, wolftooth calculator you should be running 30-34psi. I recommend dowloading the app "tire pressure calculator" from wolftooth. Put in radial as the casing type. It seems to be pretty accurate for me. I have time on Schwalbe Trail Radial and Specialized Gravity Radial. I would say the latter is more similar to a regular tire, with better support. Additionally with Spec they recommend "normal" pressures, so I have been at 22/24, and works well...

why did you go lower in pressure? you should go up with radials

Just radial so far from what I’ve seen

Hey @schwalbai, did the revised tread pattern for the tacky chan include the diagonal version or was it just the radial casing?

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.