They sum it up well with the line "We find the results of this version of the G-One Allround shocking."
This tire has gotten rave reviews since it came out. It has scored well on comparison tests and rolling resistance tests. The new version seems to have some issues though. Whats up with that?
Its the same thing that happened to the mountain bike tires when they switched to the Addix compound. With MTB tires people always complained about the lack of durabiity with Liteskin/Pacestar which led them to develop Snakeskin with Addix compound, but the rolling resistance suffered. The old G-One was the One compound with 127tpi Microskin and was one of my favorites. The new tire is Addix with 67tpi Super Ground casing and as expected is much slower. Whats funny is the Thunderburt is probably faster than the G-One now. You can still get the old version for now, so if anyone likes them they should stock up now.
The liteskin Thunder Burt was always faster than the g-one, on every last surface including pavement... once you removed aerodynamics aspect on paved stretches and fast bits of flat hardpack. But it is a fragile tire that needs to be kept away from flat hazards. The non-liteskin old version prob pretty similar in rolling resistance to the early g-one. Schwalbe has a lot going for it, hope they figure this out.
I think this is an e-bike casing or they had a lot of tears come in from the field. Dissappointing 10w loss in performance. My Terra Speeds are done in the rear, weep too much air, and don't corner well. I ordered a set of the 2020 style G-One AllArounds. Odd that they're comfortable with 3 versions of the same tire, but couldn't move the tough casing over the side. Maybe they have a supply constraint.
Odd that they moved the 30c g-One speeds over to the slower casing. This makes no sense for a soft-roader tire.
The G-One Speed review just went up. As expected, it is very slow, especially for basically a slick tire meant for speed. What I find strange is that for the Speed, they still use the Addix Speedgrip compound, rather then the faster Addix Speed, or even the road version Addix Race compound. I honestly don't know what Schwalbe is thinking.
Its too hard to keep up with the constantly changing Schwalbe nomenclature. These BRR reviews are outdated quickly because Schwalbe stopped making that model as soon as it gets released.
Its too hard to keep up with the constantly changing Schwalbe nomenclature. These BRR reviews are outdated quickly because Schwalbe stopped making that model as soon as it gets released.
That is kinda why they waited until now to do this review - the new version of the G-One was just released, so potentially this review does not apply to current tires on bikes (heck, mine don't seem bad at all).
If anyone wants to stock up on the older Microskin version (the fast version), Merlin Cycles is clearing them out. $30.94 for the 700x35 and $38,25 for the 700x38.
ljsmith wrote:If anyone wants to stock up on the older Microskin version (the fast version), Merlin Cycles is clearing them out. $30.94 for the 700x35 and $38,25 for the 700x38.
I just bought these. They will be the old casing with the new compound. From what I can tell, its the casing that's the issue based on looking at BRRs MTB tire reviews.
