The Stan’s wheels on my Scalpel HT are 25mm internal and it came with 2.35 inch which is 59.7 mm so is it a width plus depth issue making them say 47mm tops?
I think it is an odd specification given that 10 years ago a 25 was a standard mtb rim width for running mtb tires.
I run 2.2" Race Kings on my 25mm Internal MTB Race Wheels fine.
Mine are Gravel wheels
Is a gravel specific wheel set, so maybe some differences.
Mine are advertised as Gravel too, but “cross listed” for XC (We Are One Revive) - and I have them built with Berd Spokes. Just call or email Berd and ask them why specifically. It could be that it’s just a general recommendation.
(Also, these are a marathon wheelset for me where light weight matters, I have another every day set for the bike)
I contact them and it’s as you said. So I’m good to go.
Now the question is, should I go with Super Race or Super Ground. (@ndart @Huegelreiter @jfranci3 
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We only know 3 things:
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Shwalbe intended the SuperRace to be faster, ostensibly they did some testing.
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According to BRR, the SuperGround version of Racing Ralph is faster.
3 The SuperGround version is a bit heavier and only comes in black
BRR is always sus in my opinion. I have no proof, but the amount of Schwalbe tires that dominate seems wild.
I’m in the midwest and currently try and run 700 x 40 Maxxis Receptors as much as possible because they are fast. I moved from 38c Gravel King SS, which for some reason felt more draggy. Plus they sucked to set up tubeless.
If I need more traction I’ll run 700 x 45 Maxxis Ramblers. If I need more flotation for whatever I run 27.5 x 2.0 Specialized Fast Traks. Which honestly are way faster than they should be.
Plus I mean, drop bar gravel bikes with MTB tires just look rad.
Is this for your high-end racing gravel bike?
If so, I would buy both sets and test them against each other. Much more reliable than any other approach.
Take the rubber/casing names with a grain of salt.
The Superground looks to mean they use an e-bike friendly and more rim/snakebite proective casing. Schwalbe , at face value, looks to build MTB tires and Gravel tires the same, but the Gravel tire might be made more durable because of the higher off road tire pressures.
On the BRR tests, they use a textured surface that doesn’t agree with some tread patterns and the pressures on the MTB test aren’t realistic at face value (if you’re comparing medium to medium).
Anyway, go Superrace if the brown sidewalls agree with your bikes paint.
I had the same predicament, trying to decide between the Super Race and the Super Ground version after seeing those BRR test results for the Racing Ralph. In the end, I decided to go with the Super Race version. I’m hoping that those strange BRR results for the Ralph are the result of some manufacturing teething problems and inconsistencies, not too long after the introduction of those new casings. It’s certainly Schwalbe’s intention and their belief that the Super Race version is faster rolling. Those BRR tests create some doubt about which casing is fastest, though.
If you’re able to buy both versions and do you own testing, that would be best and the most rigorous way to be sure which version is fastest. In fact, when I did my own roller testing of the Super Race Thunder Burt versus the Conti RK, I also had a Super Ground version of TB that I wanted to test too. Unfortunately I couldn’t get the Super Ground tyre it onto my rim (a Stans Crest), despite wrestling with it for half an hour. The Super Race was very tight, but do-able. I gave up with it and returned the Super Ground version for a refund.
Never ridden Schwalbe tires, but if any company has a superior compound / casing technology, it is naturally gonna dominate any testing protocols.
What’s unknown is if it’s optimized for the test (which is a great marketing play for them), or optimized for the “real world”.
Insert your own reality here…
Seems like Dylan Johnson is jumping in th Thunder Burt’s train 
Have any of you used 2.35 thunder burt and race king protection? I want some faster mtb gravel tires, but would like something bigger than 2.2.
If 2.2 is fine, the thunder Burt doesn’t look much faster on BRR
It’s not for gravel, but I’m going to run Racing Ray F/Thunder Burt R for Leadville in 2024. Well unless something or someone changes my mind…
Super ground or Super Race?
Probably super ground. Race just give me that “those might be a little fragile” vibe.
I’m training using Schwalbe Hurricane’s with tubes, so pretty much anything else is gonna feel faster, and that’s kind of the point too. 
Leadville is just a chunky gravel race isn’t it?
I’ve never done it, but that’s the impression I get. Tires do get punctured and sliced, but you don’t hear talk about it like Unbound or Big Sugar.
I like maxxis assegai in DH casings. Never flatted even running low psi.