Grippy and fast rolling....

[d4voh]

Hi I have the Maxxis Assigai on my emtb front and rear. They seem to be so grippy yet so poor rolling resistance. Any recommendations on a tyre that's as grippy yet rolls well?

Thanks

 

[RoJo]

Hi I have the Maxxis Assigai on my emtb front and rear. They seem to be so grippy yet so poor rolling resistance. Any recommendations on a tyre that's as grippy yet rolls well?

Thanks

Sure do

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[irie]

Hi I have the Maxxis Assigai on my emtb front and rear. They seem to be so grippy yet so poor rolling resistance. Any recommendations on a tyre that's as grippy yet rolls well?

Thanks

Keep the tyres and use a little more assistance.

 

[steve_sordy]

Yep, I have an Assegai on the front, the grippy one. So, it should be draggy, right? Wellll..., it might be, but I don't notice because as @irie said I just use more assistance (than Eco). What I absolutely love is the grip, especially when cornering.
I prefer to stay off tarmac, that tyre is definitely not for commuting any distance.

 

[Doomanic]

Run higher pressure.

 

[Paulquattro]

Ah the unicorn tyre your after

 

[steve_sordy]

The closest I got to a grippy tyre with low rolling resistance was the Continental tyres with the Black Chilli Compound (BCC). On my mtb, I used to buy the Conti Trail King with BCC. Before the Conti TK, I used to fit winter tyres, but they just kept gripping, so I left them on all year. It was such good tech that I'd be surprised if Conti stopped using it. Maybe its standard now, I have no idea. It used to be that if the spec didn't actually say BCC, then it didn't have it.

When I got my first emtb, my plan was to fit Conti TK with BCC, but I just could not find the size and spec that I wanted, so now I'm a Maxxis Assegai (F) and WTB Trail Boss (R) fan.

 

[Doomanic]

Ah the unicorn tyre your after

To go with the unicorn battery; more capacity, less weight.

 

[irie]

To go with the unicorn battery; more capacity, less weight.

Coming soon. Apparently. Like fusion energy.

(When the new battery technologies finally get to EV cars they will pretty quickly filter down I reckon).

 

[RustyIron]

My homeboy started running the new Schwalbe radials, and he agrees with all the reviews that report better rolling, better traction, and improved smoothness. Those sound like outrageous claims, sure. But I haven't heard of anyone claiming the contrary. Right now I've got enough new Assegai's in the garage to last until the beginning of summer. Next time I need to buy tires, I'll be looking closely at the Schwalbe radials.

 

[RichMorr]

My homeboy started running the new Schwalbe radials, and he agrees with all the reviews that report better rolling, better traction, and improved smoothness. Those sound like outrageous claims, sure. But I haven't heard of anyone claiming the contrary. Right now I've got enough new Assegai's in the garage to last until the beginning of summer. Next time I need to buy tires, I'll be looking closely at the Schwalbe radials.

I can claim the contrary, I have the Albert soft rear in gravity and the super soft Albert trail front and hated them so much. Felt the weight and drag was horrible and took them off straight away. I did get them in December and the Albert is more spring summer tire I believe so we’ll try again later, but I was far from impressed

 

[G-Sport]

Assegai is a great front tyre but super draggy as a rear, I would just replace the rear. Anything significantly faster rolling is likely to have poor grip in the winter but if it isn't too muddy where you are then a DHR2 is a safe choice. Once everything dries out and you can use a "summer" tyre, then there are lots of fast rolling options Specialized Purgatory is very fast and often very good deals on it making it cheap.

 

[irie]

Assegai is a great front tyre but super draggy as a rear ...

As long as it has great grip why does a 'super draggy' rear tyre matter on an eMTB? Just use a little more assistance.

 

[G-Sport]

As long as it has great grip why does a 'super draggy' rear tyre matter on an eMTB? Just use a little more assistance.

Because it can severely reduce range? Because assistance cuts off at 15mph? Because you can feel the drag as sluggish handling of the bike?

 

[Dax]

Swap the Assegai out for a Magic Mary, then when you swap back it will feel really fast rolling

 

[Bob Orbea Rise]

Got 30% more range running cross country tyres (racing Ray/Ralph) on a trail break event and it was soooo much easier above the limit than the stock tyres on Orbea rise.
I’d say it’s a case of choosing the right tyres for what you ride …. But means changing tyres often, so I run sealant in tubes. Does t seal as quick but gets there in the end, I just can’t be doing with tubeless / sealant mess personally

 

[irie]

Because it can severely reduce range? Because assistance cuts off at 15mph? Because you can feel the drag as sluggish handling of the bike?

Because it can severely reduce range?

Because assistance cuts off at 15mph?

Because you can feel the drag as sluggish handling of the bike?

So many questions, so few answers