I have those on my kid's bike... way overkill for him, but that's what I had at the time. Work fine, seem to be lasting better than Racing Ralph or Nic or other Schwalbe tires, but maybe that's because not carrying as much weight. Snakeskin tubeless set up. So far so good. I buy from German retailer Bike 24, and they go for about $40 shipped.
The Schwalbe Hans Dampf pace star is at an amazing price of 19.99 at Jenson for the 27.5/2.25 size
I also experienced wash outs on loose over hard pack, often no matter how much weight I would apply over them.
A very good and light tire for Southern California, but there are just better (Maxxis Minion DHF TR) tires out there, AND, for a lot less money.
I picked up a HD in 2.35 for the front and a Nobby Nic in 2.35 for the rear. I got them in the Trail Star compound. The knobs are mad soft...like knobs made of gummy bears. It measures out to exactly 2.35 lug to lug...aired to ~25psi with a tube. I've read that they stretch out to almost 2.5. It weighed in at around 750-ish grams. I did one ride with them so far and I really like them. The front wheel feels like it just bites when cornering. Gave me a bit more confidence to lean the bike a bit farther in turns. I came from a Butcher front and Purgatory rear.
The Schwalbe prices from Merlin was too good to pass up. So I decided to give it a shot. So far, no ragerts.
That's an awesome deal!That's fine. I knew what I was getting into when I bought the tires. I wanted to try max grip over some durability. I paid 72 shipped for both tires. So no big deal if they burn out quick.
"At 200 lbs at the time, anything over 20 psi felt like concrete". I'm at 170 and I ride at 24 psi tubeless and my DH gives me enough give without losing handling.
Something tells me I ride my bike a little harder than you do.![]()
For sure, but what do you mean "feels like concrete", in the landing? while rolling?
One of the benefits of tubeless is for the tire to not bounce / pinball off obstacles. The HD required me to run too low psi to get it to not feel like it was just ricocheted. At that low pressure the tire would squirm in the turns regardless of speed. Not very confidence inspiring. There just was no happy middle.
Most other tires allow me to run low pressure but not feel like it wants to squirm out from underneath me.