Schwalbe radial tyres

[irie]

I find the new MM Radial and Assagai to perform nearly similar in most conditions, although straight up hard pack I'd choose the Assagai.

I tried the 2.5 Albert up front on my Relay and that bike is only used on the steepest, loosest trails. It did not perform well. although in the rear the Albert is great.

I now have the Albert 2.5 up front on my trail bike, that sees a lot flatter hard pack riding and very much like it for that application.

Out of curiosity, have you tried Maxxis High Roller 3 and if so, how did you find it compared with MM, Albert, Shredda, and Assegai?

 

[Suns_PSD]

Sorry, but I haven't tested the HR3 yet.

 

[Poggs38]

I've ran them and like some things, and dislike others.

The MM 2.5 measures a solid 2.47" and works very well as a front aggressive tire.
The 29 x 2.5 Albert measures about 2.32". It's working well now as a front trail bike tire on another bike, but it was inadequate for the front of my Relay e-bike.
I have a 27.5 x 2.5 Albert and it measures a real world 2.41" and works really well as a rear tire, that said next time I'll be using the 2.6 version which is supposedly about 2.5" width.

I have a Relay and have loved Magic Mary / Big Betty Combo for my usual loamy trails. I heard good things about the Continental Kryptotal tires, so switched over to the Enduro casing version after my Schwalbes wore out. Not so great in loam/ mud and it spat me off big time on some roots today, so am looking at going back to my trusted Magic Mary front. What casing did you go with for your Relay? Im happy sticking with 2.5 casing and think I want the Trail casing as this is equivalent to Supertrail cross-ply. Im only 80kg fully kitted and bike is 19kg. I ride light and dont hit big jumps. Most of my riding is loose, loamy, Rooty natural stuff.

 

[xtraman122]

Got myself a new set of tires with the Albert rear and Magic Mary front, both 2.5” Ultra Soft Trail Pro and it really is noticeable how well the radials cut down on the fine little bumps/trail chatter. They’re also amazing at gripping on steep climbs, I was able to scale up some big pieces of granite on a few steep climbs in below freezing temps with zero slipping, they were like glue.

I’d still like to see them make a radial Big Betty, but the Albert has impressed me so far. I definitely don’t plan on using anything other than radial tires for the foreseeable future, it really was crazy how much you could feel a difference from them.

 

[Inde_Si]

Anyone rode radial tyres with a cush core ?

I don't seems to find anything that advise against the use of tyre insert, but I want to be sure.

 

[xtraman122]

Anyone rode radial tyres with a cush core ?

I don't seems to find anything that advise against the use of tyre insert, but I want to be sure.

I have them in there, they work just fine.