Merlin magic Mary weird pricing

[cozzy]

Is confusing. I can't see the difference between these 2, apart from £30.
I don't want to mail them to ask in case it's an error and they put the price up!
27.5 x 2.4
Addix soft
Super gravity

Schwalbe Magic Mary Super Gravity Folding MTB Tyre - 27.5" | Merlin Cycles

Buy your Schwalbe Magic Mary Super Gravity Folding MTB Tyre - 27.5" at Merlin. Free worldwide delivery available on most items!

www.merlincycles.com

Schwalbe Magic Mary Addix Soft Folding Tyre - 27.5" | Merlin Cycles

Buy your Schwalbe Magic Mary Addix Soft Folding Tyre - 27.5" at Merlin. Free worldwide delivery available on most items!

www.merlincycles.com

 

[Mikerb]

Probably a mistake. If the tyre has no coloured ring around it, it is a verstar compound not Addix. That does not mean it is not a good deal though if that is the case. The Addix compound is supposed to offer more grip due to a different rubber formula..........I would bet that is mostly marketing bs!! The tyre may be a couple of years old though ...hence the price.

 

[cozzy]

Probably a mistake. If the tyre has no coloured ring around it, it is a verstar compound not Addix. That does not mean it is not a good deal though if that is the case. The Addix compound is supposed to offer more grip due to a different rubber formula..........I would bet that is mostly marketing bs!! The tyre may be a couple of years old though ...hence the price.

Ive just ordered some so will know in a few days

 

[Jackware]

Merlin aggressively price their stock to move slow selling items or if they're overstocked.
They definitely don't like aging stock!

 

[OZ-E]

Is confusing. I can't see the difference between these 2, apart from £30.
I don't want to mail them to ask in case it's an error and they put the price up!
27.5 x 2.4
Addix soft
Super gravity

Schwalbe Magic Mary Super Gravity Folding MTB Tyre - 27.5" | Merlin Cycles

Buy your Schwalbe Magic Mary Super Gravity Folding MTB Tyre - 27.5" at Merlin. Free worldwide delivery available on most items!

www.merlincycles.com

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Schwalbe Magic Mary Addix Soft Folding Tyre - 27.5" | Merlin Cycles

Buy your Schwalbe Magic Mary Addix Soft Folding Tyre - 27.5" at Merlin. Free worldwide delivery available on most items!

www.merlincycles.com

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Not sure why you wouldn't just ask them.
Even if you order and they then make the discovery the price is wrong, they can still cancel the order.

 

[johnnystorm]

I've recently put on a set of Betty/Mary's I got from Merlin. I wanted 2.4"s but there was about £15 difference between a 2.4 and 2.6 Mary. As the mud clearance issue was in the back I saved the 15 quid.

 

[cozzy]

Received today and they are the correct tyre, not the older vertstar or trailstar.
Magic Mary 27.5 x 2.4
Addix soft
Supergravity.
£24.95
Good result
So if anyone needs one, use the first link in my post.
Takes the sting out of paying £52 for a front 29" ultrasoft version anyway.

The rear went on first go, without sealant initially, so full of confidence I removed the tatty second layer of tape I only ever seem to need for ewilds, fitted the front with sealant and it wouldn't inflate. So off it comes making a right mess, to then find I don't have enough spare rim tape, so have to recover the length I had just removed from the bin.
Blew up fine, fitted to bike to discover I had installed it backwards . Despite checking twice. So off it comes making more mess. Bloody bloody bloody