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Sucks to see this. Knolly https://www.bidspotter.com/en-us/auction-catalogues/maynards-can/catalo…

I used to struggle with hand pain for a long time; over my many attempts to find a solution for my problems, I believe I've arrived at a pretty good setup. For one, I don't wear gloves anymore. I can't say I've had my gloves bunch up, but I did find that I gripped harder when I wore them, which contributed to my hand fatigue. Going gloveless meant I had to find a nice pair of grips that didn't get too slippery when my hands started to sweat. As opposed to thick grips, I found that thin mushroom-style grips like...

When buying gloves buy something that feels a bit too tight when you try them on in the shop as they stretch out to fit your hand and not bunch up.

One thing missing here is the fact that with the proliferation of composite know how, there are more people around able to safely repair a wider range of issues. Rather than pretending we are recycling carbon bikes I’d love to see more frames designed in ways that facilitate repair. Repair is verifiable in a way that recycling is not, it is cost effective for everyone concerned, and it is as close as you’ll get to good for the environment. It probably flows on to other design decisions to ensure repair is viable (like bearing placement, etc etc), but designing bikes...

How about we you just post the data. Its been spoken about a lot but I haven't seen it. Would be cool to see actual numbers. Rolling resistance, impact resistance across the skus.

Correct my misunderstanding, but could we describe radial as a spectrum? Could we hope and pray for rear specific, faster rolling, semi-radial, or radial-light, tires in the future?

So how much slower is a new gravity pro radial vs previous gravity radial in say an Albert, so same rubber, same thread

It feels faster on smooth climbs/roads, definitely not as smooth/efficient on tech climbs, but where I noticed the difference I didn’t like at all was downhill, I feel like I’ve got 10mm less travel and a stiffer rear end, plus, they just don’t grip nearly as much on roots/of camber sections

Even the performance line still rolls slow af while being average in grip

I'm curious what you feel with the mixed setup? It looked to me like this was more common than not on WC bikes. I personally like it on all of my bikes but there's a chance that's an issue with an unrefined palate

Here is some non radial tire talk - I’ve been running the Michelin Wild Enduro MS Racing Line front and rear for a season and a half now. In general I’d say it’s been the best set and forget tire I have used. Similar loose condition performance to other all-rounders like the Magic Mary or High Roller, but holds up better on hard pack. I really like the casing too - supportive without being harsh, not too heavy, and haven’t had any flats (yet). Thinking I’ll try the new Performance Line option as a rear tire to get more life...

It's not so much that 2 layers were added, its that now both of the 2x67epi carcass layers are now extend ontop of each other under the tread cap (before it was just one layer that extend to the end of the lap.

Yeah I’m kind of pissed they just added 2 layer of chasing to the gravity, when I need a gravity rear I don’t want a DH tyre, and now there’s no option anymore to stay with the radial, and imo radial front and non rear feels like 💩

Sadly it seems like the best solution is going with a different brand that has a more robust trail casing. I just picked up a Gravity Pro casing Romy to replace my sliced Trail Pro version and as I'd expect it's a bit of a pig, but sturdy and nice to not have to worry about. It just seems like there's a big gulf between the two, with the Gravity Pro casings feeling like a pretty proper DH casing and the Trail Pro casings having absolutely paper thin sidewalls that at this point I don't trust to hold up, even...

Simply no „radial“ casings and instead the regular ones.

I had issues with the 2024 radial trail casings being too squirmy, but have not had that problem with the 2026 Trail Pro casings. I'm happy to run those front & rear on my trail bike... will eventually replace the Grav Pro on front end of my ebike with one too once it wears out, might try it rear also as I'm on the lighter end of the spectrum. 2026 weights seem dead on for the 4 I've purchased & weighed.