Schwalbe G-One RS semi-slick

Volsung wrote:Comes in a 45 which is nice.  Otherwise, meh.

Edit- I'm saying meh because any time Schwalbe says they made their tires faster they actually mean slower.

ljsmith wrote:I foresee a lot of reviews of this tire saying it gives “road bike speed”.

chas wrote:The OG G-one was the best tire on the market.  I bought a couple of sets and loved them. The current one out now is one of the worst tires on the market.

ljsmith wrote:

While this is true, I doubt their sales are hurting. Most people (including paid reviewers) decide whether a tire is fast based on its looks.  Reviewers raved about how fast the G-One R is, and BRR tested it as equal to a G-One Bite.  I foresee a lot of reviews of this tire saying it gives “road bike speed”.  

dangle wrote:

It's so weird how they're able to go backwards in performance or lose too many other qualities with their updates. It occurs all over their line. The MTB tires lost a bit of speed to pick up durability and grip after Pacestar. YOu will note that the latest version of the Thunderburt equalled the Raceking Protection as the fastest mtb tires right now.  It means they CAN make tires with Speed fast, they just keep using Speedgrip for the G-One line so they don't wear out so fast.  Honestly, I don't ever skid, so my 2.0 Speeds lasted for a remarkably long time as a rear-only tire.  Heres to hoping they make a G-One Speed with the Super race casing and Speed.  They had some of the better tubeless road tires their first time at bat and then cut the puncture resistance in half to save a single watt in rolling resistance. I think that even Conti did this with their tubeless 5000.  The first version was a pretty sturdy tire and the new one is much less so with a very minor increase in speed..   Even Schwalbe needs to catch back up with the Pacestar rolling resistance. 

stu wrote:I think it's possible to have long tread life and low rolling resistance together but there's a third factor, grip.  At least in automobile tires long tread life and low rolling resistance come at the cost of reduced grip.  My conjecture is you can get two out of three.

ccand51997 wrote:I"m sure that is why I discount grip alltogether because nothing can really grip in the desert where you get either deep sand or sand over hard.  So give me long wearing and fast!

ljsmith wrote:What’s really interesting is the guy who created the Addix compound is the same guy who created Black Chili.  Did Continental send him to Schwalbe to sabotage their tires?

stu wrote:I think it's possible to have long tread life and low rolling resistance together but there's a third factor, grip.  At least in automobile tires long tread life and low rolling resistance come at the cost of reduced grip.  My conjecture is you can get two out of three.  Of course other variables like temperature, water, tread design, and carcass construction are involved.

Volsung wrote:
Edit- I'm saying meh because any time Schwalbe says they made their tires faster they actually mean slower.