G-One R reviews?

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RideWithPride
96 posts
#21Oct 8, 2021, 4:42 PM
Oh this is my road leaning setup so it's the 40mm speed. For my gravel setup it's Thunder Burts 29x2.1 deliciousness on my carbon baby.
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ljsmith
762 posts
#22Oct 8, 2021, 5:10 PM
ccand51997 wrote:

I'm running a newer Furious Fred in front with an old Speed in the rear. On my road-focused bike. The mountains I ride don't have smooth roads at 6-10,000 feet and I love the big tires on the road. I have a Furious Fred (Liteskin, Addix Speed, measures 45mm on a 19 internal) I'll trade you for a Speed in Onestar (if it is the 2.0 inch size). I really like that combo now, but my Speed is not going to last much longer.
But yeah, the Challenge is the tire I'm looking to when my Speed wears out. I just wish it was even bigger than 45mm. I can't get over how much a 2.0 Speed smooths out the expansion cracks (going up and down) on the mountain roads I climb.

You can still get the older One star G-One speed from some of the German sites. Get them now before they run out.

https://www.bike24.com/p2264924.html
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ccand51997
265 posts
#23Oct 9, 2021, 7:51 PM
ljsmith wrote:

You can still get the older One star G-One speed from some of the German sites. Get them now before they run out.

https://www.bike24.com/p2264924.html

Thanks. I just ordered a pair. That should last me a couple of years and heres to hoping Schwalbe comes to their senses.
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ljsmith
762 posts
#24Oct 10, 2021, 5:15 AM
ccand51997 wrote:
Thanks. I just ordered a pair. That should last me a couple of years and heres to hoping Schwalbe comes to their senses.

They changed the tires mainly in response to the mountain bikers complaining about durability and they were all switching to Maxxis. Maxxis tires are all really slow but very grippy and long lasting and are now the most popular mtb brand. So it looks like they are trying to be like Maxxis with grippy long lasting tires that roll slow. But I always loved Schwalbe tires for the low rolling resistance and I have been stocking up on their older Pacestar and Onestar tires.
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Volsung
878 posts
#25Oct 10, 2021, 6:47 AM
I wondered what happened to mtb tires. They used to be like 500g but now they're up there with fat bike tires.
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imwjl
304 posts
#26Oct 10, 2021, 9:54 AM
Responding to a few things here....
MTB tires with reasonable durability and performance have weighed a lot more than 500 grams for a good while. Even racier types have sidewall protection and size they didn't have earlier. I see one company test prototypes and competition where I'm trail steward and know some of their wheel and tire people who say an overall good tire and weight weenie don't mix.

The reviews make me more curious about the $35 American Classics. As said before I'm willing to pay a premium for something that really stands out like the Rene Hearse knobby models I have but I ride with some who have the small knobby Schwalbe and with time consider it inferior if anything. They're not rolling ahead of my GR1 Bontragers on a long paved downhill. Their tires pack up sooner and wash out when others don't. I do confess I discounted the Bontragers against some others until had them. Now I can't see spending much more unless a tire has some truly outstanding characteristics.

For the point of testing, there is a YouTube video out there with Trek's machine that replicates conditions. I've guessed others have setups like that. My engineer, product management and race shop acquaintances will have tires with prototype stamped on them and on occasion I see them comparing those to popular competitors. It's been interesting when I've seen Trek staff with manufacturer logo tires marked prototype. Some those have become private label and some the tire makers' branded tires.
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dangle
465 posts
#27Oct 12, 2021, 10:05 AMedited
I certainly hoped it would be a faster roller, but I still think it would be a good choice for the 700 x 45 mm slot. The Pirelli Cinturato Cross H looks a little faster, but almost every review mentions low grip and a rigid ride quality. Panaracer Gravelkings come in some 43 mm options, but you have to choose between zero tread or flinging rocks into your paint and friends. If I am going up to that mid 40 mm size, I will probably want a little more tread. I'm just not seeing a lot of options in that range with lowish rolling resistance. I'm hoping for something in the Continental Terra line in that size, but the G One might be okay for me.
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ccand51997
265 posts
#28Oct 18, 2021, 4:39 PM
ljsmith wrote:

You can still get the older One star G-One speed from some of the German sites. Get them now before they run out.

https://www.bike24.com/p2264924.html

Yeah, don't believe them. My tires came in today and guess what they were?
New model Addix Speedgrip trash otherwise known as "I want to go slow as long as my tires last longer."
Now I don't even know what to do with them other than give them away on ebay or something. It seemed to good to be true.
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ljsmith
762 posts
#29Oct 18, 2021, 5:18 PM
ccand51997 wrote:
Yeah, don't believe them. My tires came in today and guess what they were?
New model Addix Speedgrip trash otherwise known as "I want to go slow as long as my tires last longer."
Now I don't even know what to do with them other than give them away on ebay or something. It seemed to good to be true.

That sucks. I would ask them to give you a refund and a return shipping label. It can't hurt to ask, worst they can say is no. I just stocked up on Pacestar Thunderburts and Onestar G-One bites from Germany and they were all the correct non-Addix tires.
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ljsmith
762 posts
#30Oct 26, 2021, 5:58 PM
imwjl wrote:
Responding to a few things here....
MTB tires with reasonable durability and performance have weighed a lot more than 500 grams for a good while. Even racier types have sidewall protection and size they didn't have earlier. I see one company test prototypes and competition where I'm trail steward and know some of their wheel and tire people who say an overall good tire and weight weenie don't mix.

As far as mountain bike tires go, its not that a lightweight tire cannot be a good overall tire. Its that mountain biking has shifted to be completely focused on downhill and gnar shredding. XC really doesn't exist anymore. Some gravel races are closer to the XC riding of 20 years ago then what is called XC today. I have put thousands of miles on 400g Thunder Burts on my Mountain Bike and Gravel bike and never had a puncture and they work great as long as your aren't trying to fly through rock gardens. The newest Thunder Burts are slow and heavy, so what benefit is there to using them?

Now to look at Schwalbe's gravel tires. If the G-One Bite and G-One Race have almost identical numbers in weight and speed why would anyone use the G-One Race? And the G-One Speed is the slowest of all with almost no tread! It should be called the G-One Slow because not only is it going to be slow on gravel because it has no tread, but its slow on pavement too. But the real question is why buy Schwalbe at all these days? Their older Pacestar and Onestar compounds were light and fast and that was almost always why riders chose Schwalbe over other brands. If you wanted heavy, slow but durable tires there were plenty of other brands to go with. Now the only choice for really fast tires is Continental, and they just don't make enough sizes for Gravel tires. If only they would make bigger Terra Speeds or smaller Race Kings, those would be my dream tires. There are other decent tire manufacturers, but clearly Continental is a step above in speed with Black Chili, in order to make a tire as fast as a Terra Speed other manufacturers have to make tires with no knobs. Right now I am using Vredestein Aventura in 700x44 as my fast tires and they are pretty good. They weigh in at 460g and come within about 0.5 watts of the Terra Speed in German magazine testing.
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ccand51997
265 posts
#31Oct 26, 2021, 8:05 PM
ljsmith wrote:

That sucks. I would ask them to give you a refund and a return shipping label. It can't hurt to ask, worst they can say is no. I just stocked up on Pacestar Thunderburts and Onestar G-One bites from Germany and they were all the correct non-Addix tires.

At least this story had a moderately happy ending. I contacted them and they responded and said they would look into it. A few days later they said that, indeed, the site had the old information. Since sending the tires back would be costly, they just refunded almost all the purchase price. Of course, as you pointed out, the tires that are now free are the new Addix G One Slows, so what am I supposed to do with them?

My next big road tire is going to be either the Conti Speedking Racesport or the Challenge Strada Bianca when they offer them in 45mm.
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ljsmith
762 posts
#32Oct 27, 2021, 4:29 AM
ccand51997 wrote:
At least this story had a moderately happy ending. I contacted them and they responded and said they would look into it. A few days later they said that, indeed, the site had the old information. Since sending the tires back would be costly, they just refunded almost all the purchase price. Of course, as you pointed out, the tires that are now free are the new Addix G One Slows, so what am I supposed to do with them?

My next big road tire is going to be either the Conti Speedking Racesport or the Challenge Strada Bianca when they offer them in 45mm.

it looks like Merlin has them now. You could email them to verify before buying.

https://www.merlincycles.com/en-us/schwalbe-g-one-speed-tl-easy-evolution-folding-tyre-29-108463.html

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imwjl
304 posts
#33Oct 31, 2021, 10:02 AM
Volsung wrote:I wondered what happened to mtb tires. They used to be like 500g but now they're up there with fat bike tires.

They also used to be stupid for all sorts of riding that modern tires enable and/or survive.

My feeling is the weight weenies and racers have become become a smaller niche in all of riding, we still have products for that niche, and it is good fortune so many products and so much marketing isn't so focused on extremes most people don't do. Also keep in mind how many more people are using bigger tires.
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