Schwalbe has actually been busy currently. There’s new Cheesy Chan DH tires, 70% recycled content material commuter tires, plus an all-new brand and branding.
As if that wasn’t sufficient, Schwalbe was displaying a number of further ideas at Eurobike together with the eye-popping Aerothan street tire idea. The attention-popping bit comes from the load of the tires, because it in any other case appears like a standard Schwalbe street tire. That’s as a result of the truth that though this tire replaces the rubber within the casing with their Aerothan nylon-coated TPU materials, it nonetheless makes use of conventional rubber tread to keep up the traction you count on out of a high-performance tire.
By changing the rubber within the casing with TPU, Schwalbe is ready to declare a weight as little as 165g for a street tire. Maybe extra importantly than the load, the tube-type-only Aerothan casing ends in an excellent low rolling resistance, a extra supple journey, and puncture safety on par with tubeless tires. If all that seems to be true, rapidly you could have a greater choice for riders who haven’t but adopted tubeless street.
As an added bonus, the tire may be 100% recyclable. We’re informed that the Aerothan tire idea might be only a yr out.
On the eMTB aspect, Schwalbe was displaying what they name their eMTB Uphill Idea.
Clearly, the tires will nonetheless be designed to carry out whereas driving downhill, however now extra consideration is given to the tread design for uphill driving. The thought is that because it’s an ebike, you don’t have to fret as a lot about ramped tread designs that lower rolling resistance and make it simpler to pedal.
As a substitute, you’ll be able to design the main edges of the tread blocks to supply higher grip when climbing. The tread patterns shall be directional with uphill and downhill-focused tread blocks for higher traction throughout.
Lastly, Schwalbe was displaying their new Airmax Tire Strain Monitoring System. The Airmax valve mounts to any commonplace presta rim, and gives real-time tire strain monitoring with the Schwalbe Airmax app. The app lets you set an optimum worth, so it’ll ship you and alert if the tire strain deviates. The valves might be related to GPS computer systems from Garmin and Wahoo, so should you’re driving or racing, you may get a real-time alert that you simply may need a gradual leak supplying you with time to get to the pit, or cease to search out the outlet and plug it earlier than you lose all of the air.
The app additionally guides you to their Strain Prof tire strain information permitting you to dial in your ultimate tire strain settings. The app is availalble now, and the valves shall be coming quickly.
