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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

Swapped my TC 2.5 Trail Pro Radial Soft after ~250mi for a Romy 2.5 Trail Pro Radial Soft yesterday. The TC was definitely worn, but could have lasted another 50mi if I didn’t have another tire I wanted to try. Another 100mi and it would have been pretty roached. That’s about what I’d expect to get out of a DHR2 MaxTerra. (I haven’t tried the new MaxTerra compound.) Really good tire in back, with my only real complaint being that the center knobs feel squirmy on high-traction rocks and a little vague on hardpack. Great in loose and loose-over-hard, though...

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

I’ve got ~100mi and ~20k ft of vert on the new Tacky Chan Trail Pro Radial 2.5 Softs now, and they’re my new favorite tire. Finding the right pressure took some work, but at 33/30 they hit the right balance of support and grip. They just straight hook up in the loose stuff, are really predictable on turn-in, and roll freakishly fast. As a “I hate Albert, all my homies hate Albert” guy, I definitely did not expect this, but here we are.