You do it when maxxis is your tire sponsor….
As much I’d love to have some companies subsidize my cycling habit, it sure is nice to ride what you like to ride. And you’re kind of obligated to keep your bike/gear clean at all times, i guess it’s a good thing sponsors aren’t exactly knocking my door down.
I am pretty sure it is new Maxxlite tyres that they are coming out with, previous one was VERY fast tyre, but literally paper thin, even more so than Scwalbe Furious Freds 
What do they measure to in real time? Wild that they weigh under 300g in a 2.0…I can’t see how those can withstand anything. Equivalent to an extralight Rene Herse tire.
50 mm wide. Nice profile but crazy thin
You’ll have to give us an update on how they ride and their durability. What ID does your wheel have? I’m guessing 25mm.
Will do. Yep 25 mm Reserve rim
Finally, the new tires have been announced! Let’s hope the Dubnital (terrible name, by the way) meets expectations and turns out to be a wider version of the Race King.
According to Continental’s website, the Dubnital in the Race Casing with the Rapid compound is being marketed as their new “race tire.” However, there’s no mention of the available width anywhere on their site. Does anyone have more details on this?
Moving away from the Race King branding is so silly. Easily one of the most well know XC tires beside the Mezcal’s world wide 
Interesting to see a surface structure again on the side walls. We will see if these are designed on purpose and have similar aero effect as it is assumed with the Race Kings.
Am I reading the Continental press release correctly when I conclude this means there’s finally the 2.4” Race King ProTection that the MTB world has wanted for years but that we’re not getting the narrower 2.0” version we’d all hoped for in the gravel world?
That’s how I see it.
First go on the Maxxlites today. Cat 1 gravel test and some pavement commuting. Mostly just happy I got them inflated!
From their own press release:
“The new tires replace the iconic Race King, Cross King, and Mountain King ProTection models”
Time to get rid of those icons!!
Am I reading this right - that is a 29x2.0 tire that weighs 350g and is faster than the 700cx45mm Terra Speed? Wow.
That’s it, yeah. Also like 10 year old backstock of some kind.
Even width to 50 Tracer but a bit taller profile. Cat 2 and 3 gravel next assuming I don’t destroy the tires.
Just wrapped up off road Chung Method testing on the infamous Maxxlite 29…. Definitely NOT in the BRR database.
Finished up testing on the new Pathfinder TLR Fast Gravel 700 x 45 for anyone interested!
Do you have plans to test the Schwalbe tyre line up? they are very popular in european races - not sure about US. R Pro, RX Pro, RS Pro would be great. I feel they may be as quick as the caracel, but available in 50.
funny how 700 x 50 seems some kind of tipping point in tyre designation. Maxxis calls their maxxlite 29x2.0" instead of 700x50. MTB tires are traditionally in inches wheras roadtires are traditionally in cm. Gravel converges between the two. When can the world agree that the metric system is superiour to the imperial system 
thanks @jkarrasch for all your free data and testing!
