Schwalbe addix compound names earlier and present

Anders

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Kind of a newbie question, I guess.
On my Haibike, both OEM tyres are 29x2.60 Nobby Nic. They suit me well, last long (enough) and have (almost) enough grip. Now, I have to replace at least the rear tyre. My plan is to put the one I had on the front last summer on the rear this summer and buy a new one for the front.
Now, the snow and ice is disappearing rapidly, so I guess summer tyre time is coming in a couple of weeks, at the latest during easter.
I would like to go one step softer at the front this time, the Nobby Nic thread pattern works well for my type of riding.

So here comes the question: When I read about Schwalbe's Addix compounds, the are (from hard to soft) speed, speedgrip, soft, ultrasoft.
Their current range of tyres are also colour coded. However, my OEM Nobby Nic is marked like this:
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It had no coloured stripe when new. I guess this is an earlier version, but cannot find any description when I google it.
How does this compound fit into the speed, speedgrip etc range?

Thanks!
 

irie

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Perhaps this tyre?


Anders said:
My plan is to put the one I had on the front last summer on the rear this summer and buy a new one for the front.

That's pretty much what we do - for summer move 6 month old front to rear and put new front on. For our chalky trails we use softest compounds for best grip but rears do wear out over winter months.
 
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Anders

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Perhaps this tyre?

Thank you!
Yup, it seems to be that one. Now, I can find it several places. It seems to be an older version that is no longer available in some stores. But the question remains. How does that "Addix Performance" compound compare to the four Addix compunds available now?
 

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