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This. I feel like the pros outweigh the cons for a radial on the front (bigger contact patch, more grip, more compliance). I disliked the feel for the rear tire (more likely to burp, more delicate unless I upped the pressure or ran a gravity casing). I'm also just not a huge fan of any of the schwalbe tread patterns for a rear tire over a dhr2 or kryptotal re. The tacky chan is close, but wears fast as a rear tire.

Today I had first ride on HR3 with new DH casing and does exactly what is says. I dropped psi by 3 to 20 and eventually to about 18 psi. It was really soft but still supporting with 18 psi. Like it so far. And the weight penalty is only 40 g compare with old casing so not bad as well. My weight is 75kg naked.

I won a whole bunch of DH casing dissectors so I cant justify using another rear tyre at the moment. They don't last particularly long.

Sometimes I feel crazy, in that I dislike the assegai, but everyone seems to love it. I started with dhf's, and always liked the sharp cornering character of them. The assegai felt vague, and more like it smears itself across the top of everything instead of biting in. I much prefer the kryptotals, high roller 3, and most recently the dhx.

For what it's worth, I had the chance to ride my old tyre setup for one short trail over the weekend on a borrowed bike while otherwise riding my bike for most of the ride. The borrowed bike had an admittedly quite worn Big Betty in the rear and a Magic Mary in the front, both diagonal trail, soft, set to my old pressures of 1,4 bar, and the grip was nowhere. My bike is equipped with radial US Magic Mary in the front and a soft Romy in the rear and the difference in very dry, loose conditions was...

Front Range rider. Assegai is still king of front tires here. The Kryptotal Fr is a very close second. We have a combination of rocks where rubber contact matters and loose over hardpack. Deep Moondust does exist but it’s usually just a few sections of trails. You can get away with an Exo+ or equivalent up front but I personally run a Double Down. I do recommend a heavier casing for the rear though as a number of trails are high speed square edges (pro tip, run an extra 1-2psi in the rear if you hit Apex). Haven’t tried the...

No ebikes in my stable, just two 40lbs pedal bikes.

is this an e bike by chance? the grip alone would be worth it if you ride damp rocks a lot, and this superiority might be causing you to overlook the rolling resistance. or it's there and you don't feel it, hard to say. but Enduro mag showed a massive difference in rolling resistance between schwalbe ultra soft and soft, and I have noticed it on the front. I've never run an ultra soft rear. https://enduro-mtb.com/en/mtb-tire-test-weight-rolling-resistance-punct…

Now it's official, Pirelli has dropped the all-new Scorpion gravity range that we previewed in our Sea Otter Europe coverage. One of the more exciting aspects is seeing the supersoft compound on the lighter casings, that's always something many of us are looking for. https://www.vitalmtb.com/news/press-release/pirelli-launches-all-new-sc…

I found that although the kryptotals still had knobs present after 50 bike park days, the grip on rock slabs was awful compared to new. Also the side knobs started to get ripped at the base which led to some untrustworthy cornering. The knobs still being present made me think, wow these last forever, but the performance was pretty bad toward the end of life. The conti supersoft rubber is hard compared to maxxis, and as you'd expect they roll pretty fast because of that.

The Race Pro line will come out next year. For the most part this would be tires with the previous 'Super Race' Turn-Up casing. A 29x2.4 Nobby Nic Trail Pro ( 11654142.02) weighs 1000g. Not a Radial though. They 29x2.4 Romy Trail Pro Radial (1040g) is quick despite what you might think of the weight number, and it is great for trail riding.

Same question, but regarding MT for New DH.

Right around 500 miles

What's up with the S-Works cannibal that comes spec'd on the LTD Demo? Radial version maybe?

If anyone cares, here's photos of New DH & New MT hot patches:

There was a forum member here who posted durometer tests of a few different tire compounds last year (I think). His tests showed that Conti's SS rubber was inside out (hard over soft), whereas MG is soft over hard. My experience is like the photo above, that SS tends to crack around the base, at which point it loses stability as the knobs are free to squirm on the soft core. Once you start getting those base cracks on SS is when it's done. I can't recall for certain, but I believe their Soft rubber was the same durometer all...

I have the same wear experience with the kryptotal fr supersoft on the front. Conti officially states it's a single compound, but my observation matches yours, that it wears quickly and then... doesn't. I don't know how to explain that if it's not a firmer compound with a softer on top. If I raced, or regularly rode in wet conditions, I'd keep riding supersoft. Since I don't race and ride dry conditions, I prefer soft as it's enough grip and much better wear even on the front. (I've never used a Conti supersoft rear.)

Those might look tasty but I can assure you they are not

So I can give a similar ride report for my continentals: 2000km and 60km vert over 10 months (1,200 miles, 200k feet descending). No racing and no bike parks this year, but I ride hard enough. Absolutely blown away by the Kryptotal rear downhill soft. That tyre has no right to still be alive today, with some side and middle knobs still present. The main issue is the casing, the grip itself is ok enough that I would run it until the rain comes in October. My front tyre is actually a Krypto Rear downhill Supersoft on about 11 month...

The new MT hot patch drops the "3C" logo.