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Dirty Dan has no immediate plans to go radial. If you want a radial tire for deep mud, i'd recommend a GRAVITY Mary or Shredda F or R (many DH riders have been using these). Trail casing has not been revised in this update afaik.

Specifically for cornering: Mary is best for un-predicable and natural terrain. Mainly due to the long, narrow, and out-ward twisted shoulders. Albert is better for hardpack. Wide and stable shoulder blocks that are tightly packed. Tacky Chan is best for fast and aggressive cornering. Similar shoulder blocks to Albert, but more openly spaced and supported further down the sidewall. Romy...

Albert is a 3-2 tread pattern with taller profile that delivers more grip in varying terrain (bonus - the 2.6" version has taller knobs, a popular choice amongst some of our EDR athletes). Romy is a 3-2-2 with shorter more wide/stable blocks. Because of the reduced height and more open pattern it will pack up less and roll faster. From...

For the Tacky Chan i've done Trail Radial front, Trail diagonal rear. Nice fast rolling combo with great braking and cornering. Mary or Albert Gravity Radial front, TC Gravity Radial Rear is better for varying terrain imo. Worth highlighting the updated Gravity construction (with the blue "Pro" label) is significantly more supportive, lots of changes were done. For the Romy...

You looking for a 27.5x2.6 i'm guessing? Because all other sizes should be covered. Definitely not kaput, the Albert comes in a 27.5x2.6 Gravity version. Limited mold capacity usually dictates new model sizes. 27.5x2.8 Radial versions of some tires are in the works.

Tacky Chan gets radial offerings, updated Ultra Soft compound, and a revised tread pattern (on just the radial variants). This revised tread pattern makes it a lot more friendly during corner transitions. Check it out. The Tacky Chan is also replacing the Big Betty. The ROMY replaces the hans dampf. Trail / All-mountain tire. It's our fastest rolling radial tire...

https://www.schwalbetires.com/GRAVITY-PRO-Romy-Radial-11654708

You are spot on about harder compound on the rear wheel will be faster. Quick clarifier: My comments were more about casing orientation (radial versus diagonal) rather than casing layup (gravity, trail, race, etc). " a softer and more grippy rubber compound has a larger effect on rolling speed when compared to choosing a radial casing versus a standard bias-ply."...

these are early moulds that may be used to produce both TLR and non-TLR tires. All Schwalbe TLE/TLR tires can be used with hookless rims, NON-TLR tires should be used with hooked rims. You have a TLR tire, as indicated by the label, so it is compatible with hookless rims.

Your wishes will be addressed soon. But also worth noting that enduro/gravity casing tires can only go so fast. A tires casing is one of the biggest contributor to rolling speed. See my previous comment about this exact topic.

Radial Rock Razor, that would be cool! But there are better tires on the horizon Trying to determine this tire snapshot from just the side profile is actually pretty hard, especially since we do prototype testing with the Cannondale Factory Team. But i think the boring answer is the correct one in this case, and to me it looks...