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Thinking of sticking one on the rear of the Stumpy in 29 flavour, replacing the anchor of a Spesh Slaughter than currently resides on the bike. It's a bit of a lump for my local trails, but like the tread pattern.
Anyone use one in standard casing? How durable are they?
Am wondering whether to swap back for our annual BPW excursion or whether the Schwalbes are up to the task.
I use one on the rear of my ebike, (so LOTS of weight and a fair amount of power, im fat, not weak)
has stood up ok, ran it tubeless for a while, ok grip in the dry, hasn’t been ripped to bits or anything.
I would buy another.
im not a rad rider though, no rock gardens or anything like that.
Thanks @martymac - what sort of terrain, other than non rock gardens?
i put a pinch flat in a standard one run tubeless in the Peak. If you're hard on tyres, I'd maybe look at the Super Gravity casing. It's a little heavier, but it's a fast-rolling thing, so it's not particularly noticeable. Great rear tyre, surprisingly grippy on dry through to medium stuff, fine on rocks, a little finnicky about braking on really steep stuff. The big side knobs dig in nicely on corners, but also on soft stuff where there's more grip than you'd expect.
I had this predicament and went for the Minion SS on my 29er on the end.
Local woods are blairadam woods, so quite rooty, soft peaty soil interspersed with scalpings on some of the climbs.
fair to say, I thought it gives quite a good ride when run tubeless.
im not sure which exact version it is, but it cost around £50 at crc.
i can’t get through to the other room to check either, as i have a broken leg, sorry😳
Lightweight schwalbes are puncturey tbh, I really don't puncture a lot but when I do, it's generally a schwalbe. So do bear that in mind, if it's a Grid you have that's a sturdier tyre than a Super Gravity ime and Snakeskin really doesn't seem to do much at all.
Better tyre than the slaughter all round ime but I think these slicky ones divide opinion a bit more than others
I run one, I like it, tAke a bit of getting used to it under braking........... feels like you are tugging the handbrake, good fun though.