I picked these up at the last minute for a trip to Central Oregon. These tires were super easy (almost too easy) to mount to my Hunt Gravel Race wheels. They had a tendency to come unseated when deflated. I added two additional layers of Muc-Off rim tape which may help - still easy to mount / remove with no tools. They aired up fine with a standard track pump.
I purchased the 38's (40-662 ISO). On my rims these measure 40mm, so keep that in mind depending on your frame clearance.
I put in roughly 180 miles over several days on gravel, rough steep double track, and dry swoopy single track. The tires hook up really well in the dry powdery stuff as well as rocky technical sections, and they roll well enough on tarmac. Overall this is a really great dry conditions tire.
I had 650b x 38 size on my gravel/light touring bike. Use includes gravel trail and road with up to 30# pannier bags, very easy single track (not a mountain biker), pavement, and wet, dirty paved road shoulders covered in crud in the winter. I bought these due to Shwalbe's history with tough touring tires. Running them tubeless. I found them extremely tight fit on WTB rims that requires an air compressor to mount and likewise are close to impossible to unmount alongside the road. The little knobs either rip or encourage things to catch beside them. I've gone through 3 tires in 1000-1500 miles with two huge holes I gave up trying to plug and numerous other smaller holes. Both large holes were kind of at diagonal angles beside knobs. They feel rough and unround at speed on pavement. I've just put close to 400 miles on replacement Continental Terraspeed 650b x 40 tires and find them better in all aspects.
New to gravel, I'm a road rider and not a mountain biker, so wide knobby tires are not appealing to me. Took a chance on these 35mm all arounders , but had previous luck with a similar low profile Schwalbe tire on road and gravel. Also went tubeless for the first time.
Went to my first gravel event in May (Wild Horse in Colorado) with worries they would not be up to par, however they performed really well on packed dirt, gravel and rocks. I had no issues at all during the ride, other than wondering if my pressure was high enough. I did another local gravel ride this weekend on coarse gravel with no issues, although they were a little "slidey" in sand patches.
Overall, I'm happy with them and would recommend them.
Purchased these tires for an upcoming and now over fantastic 8 day bike trip on the Allegheny and C and O Trail from Pittsburgh to Washington DC. These tires were great on the trail and on other road conditions. They have great grip in muddy slippery conditions BUT also ride smooth on the road as well. Would recommend these tires for any type of trail riding.
Put these on my 2021 SWORKS Diverge. Yep gravel bikepacking trips in the past six weeks. Flawless performance. Great feel, particularly notable when rolling into turns. Just bought a second set for a different bike.
For my mixed surface riding nothing beats Schwables. I've run them for over 10 years now in different variants on different bikes. These are on my new Surly and replaced the stock tires. Significant difference- cannot say enough good about them and they have never let me down.
The name says it all. Great all round tire, good for most gravel and hard pack. Even road them in the snow with no issues. Easy tubless set up and smooth rolling on the pavement. Maybe not the best for cornering in the really gnarly gravel. Overall you can not go wrong with Schwalbe.
