The result is a durable sidewall that retains some flex and damping, designed to resist punctures on heavy bikes and aggressive riders. The $94 Super Gravity casing consists of four main carcass layers plus the cut-resistant Snakeskin fabric, with Apex sidewall protection and a Kevlar bead. The Big Bettys that we ran in the rear of our test bikes came spec’d with the Super Gravity casing, which is Schwalbe’s strongest and most puncture resistant casing aside from the full blown Super Downhill. To offer the ultimate in grip and control, we ran the 2.6” width on front and rear for all models on test, with both 27.5 and 29” wheeled machines featured. We opted for the Addix Soft compound which is intended for trail through to enduro bikes and offers impressive damping and grip whilst retaining reasonable durability making it first choice for our daily drivers. The short of it is that Schwalbe put their entire force of 30 engineers to work to create a range of compounds which offer up to 35% more grip while increasing tire life by up to 62%. We went through the fine details of Schwalbe’s Addix rubber lineup when it was first released, which you can check out here. The crew at Schwalbe knew the relatively lightweight combination would be pushed to their limits in the harsh conditions of the Greater Zion, Utah aboard our heavy eMTBs, yet they simply smirked and said, we’ll send extras just in case, but we think you’ll be happy. For our shootout we ran Schwalbe’s Magic Mary Super Trail casing up front and the Big Betty in the Super Gravity casing on rear. It was apparent right away that the new work to Schwalbe’s rubber compounds have yielded some much better performance from tried-and-true treads, like the Magic Mary.Īlong with revamping their compounds Schwalbe added the Big Betty tires to the lineup. Especially since we were not huge fans of Magic Mary’s on hardpack and loose over hard terrain, which our Utah desert test terrain was chock full of. The Eddy Current tiresare impressive all around, offer stout sidewalls and plenty of traction on most terrain, so we were a bit bummed when Schwalbe told us they would be shipping out a different combo than we had been used to. Until this year’s shootout we had been rocking the Schwalbe Eddy Current almost exclusively on our personal ebikes.
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