My buddy is the Michelin rep here in the SI. Whilst gaming together he was asking about mtb tyres as his company has been receiving enquiries about importing them for the NZ market. We might see them on bike shop shelves in 2020.
That front E Wild looks perfect for my conditions, rear wheel. Don't need heavy casing and only weigh 145lbs w/ kit so can't wait to hear how it works for you Tim. Hoping you will test it on wet greasy trail on rear wheel as well as obviously on front. Will be putting a MM 2.6 on the front as well. Tired of the DHF & DHR II sliding too much on wet greasy roots/rocks after they are only half worn out.
Although the front and rear share the same tread pattern the tire compound is softer on the front and the tires case is considerably lighter. in the 29er the front is 1300g and rear is 1018 g plus or minors a few G’s each.
I put a butcher on front of my bulls evo and took it off two days later 27.5x2.8. Put it on rear and it died the same day. I didn’t mind it on rear was little weak in side wall which is what failed. but was not a fan of any kind of it on the front. member crashed so much as i did with that tire up front.
@Tim29 glad I came upon this test of yours. I'm 63 years old and my brother 59. We're both on the heavier side (between 110 and 120 kilos) and riding eMtb's with a sort of mild Enduro style of ride which include mostly drops climbing rocks and some mild jumps. Both of us had bead failures on the DHR II 27,5 x 2,8 EXO+ 120 tpi tyres (25PSI front 30PSI back). Funny enough both failures happened while doing just normal flat terrain rides. Maxxis replaced our tyres but we were obviously concerned about the fact that we had exactly the same failures running the exact same tyres from different batches. Our first instinct was to consider going to the 60tpi carcass but I still felt that the bead won't really benefit that much from the lower tpi rubber.Nope,
I’m just gonna stay away from that tire, there to many options available that mount right up and shred!
I wait for mich to send me the 29er to test
I have two Hans and Mary’s mounted on 35 alum and 36.5 carbon wheels.
And a 2.35 Hans super gravity on a 32 for rear and a 2.35 Mary on a 30 for the less pitchy segments with no chunk where rolling speed means everything.
Front
2.6 Mary on 35 29er
2.6 Mary on carbon 36.5 29er
2.8 Ewild on 36 27.5
2.35 Mary on 30 29er
Rear
2.35 Hans SG 32 alum 27.5 cc
2.6 Ewild on 35 alum 27.5
2.6 Ewild on 40 alum 27.5 CC
2.8 Ewild on 38 carbon 27.5
2.8 Ewild on 40 alum 27.5 CC
2.8 Ewild on 43 carbon 27.5 CC
2.8 Eddie on 43 carbon 27.7 CC
2.8 DHR2 on 32 alum Died
2.8 DHR2 on 40 alum Died
Both the DHR2 evo vase tires tore on edge of rim as the rubber ripped from the threading and wouldn’t seal one cut through on rim edge.
DHR2 evo case failed as a suitable ebike tire and that’s the oem tire to the bike.
Oh both the other test riders where big fans of DHR2 and DHF COMBO, until end of second day and they both took them off there bikes and went with Mary up front and Eddie or Ewild on rear.
Is there any post after this one??
I’m on my 6th rear tire and have t had that happen yet, and my beater bike the tire is starting to check on sidewalks like it’s couple year old tire. Dry cracking or weather checking., tire is just over a year old and pretty warm so I’m not to unhappy.
I can’t give you the answer to that as i do not have a bike with 29r rear i have ridden enough to feel confident in writing a review. All my current bikes are 650B rear and 29 front.
Thanks for all of the info. I'm now definitely keen to get another e-wild for the rear and also for the front!
