Hey, guys, James here with rocky mountain and this is my ride review of Bridgestone’s new Battlecross E50 extreme tire all right so last year in 2019 Bridgestone came out with the E50 Enduro tire they had a lot of success with it so they wanted to use that same tire tread and make a gummy tire out of it and that’s what the E50 extreme is it’s Bridgestone’s first gummy tire and it’s made for those guys that really like the hard Enduro type riding and trails if you like the really slow technical rocky rudy type stuff this is probably going to be a good tire for you now before I take this thing out riding there’s a couple of things I want to point out on this tire first of all when I feel the rubber compound on this tire it is extremely soft and not only is it soft but it feels really sticky now I measured the durometer with our durometer tester it’s kind of hard to measure but I’m getting somewhere between 55 and low 60.
So it’s definitely on the soft side of hybrid tires that are out there currently there’s only one size available for the E50 extreme it’s the it’s 140 80 18 and I don’t want the sizing to confuse you there are couple different ways to measure a dirt bike tire and for whatever reason Bridgestone is measuring this one a little different than their motocross tires so don’t get thrown off by the 140. I actually measured the carcass and it measures about 110 millimeters the knob width is about 130 millimeters so it’s gonna be the perfect tire size for your 250 300 450 motorcycles another thing worth pointing out is the E50 Enduro tire that came out last year it was not approved the new extreme is not d.o.t approved all right with that said I’m excited to get my crf250rx out and see how this tire does I’ve got some really technical trails that I like to ride so I’m gonna take it up there and see how it does just based on how soft and sticky the knobs feel I’m confident it’s going to do well in the rocks.
How long is this tire gonna last?
My big question is how long is this thing going to last typically when these hybrid tires get down into the 60 durometer range they tend to not last as long so it’ll be really interesting to see how this thing does so let’s throw it in the truck and go for a ride oh so going up this kind of rocky stuff or you’re just spinning it’s definitely not easy on these tires but I feel like I’m hooking up great I just gotta catch my nephew he’s cruising up this thing all right guys so this is my third day out on these tires and I’ve been doing a lot of rocky stuff like this right now I’m going downhill but I sure like the gummy tire going up in this loose rocky stuff keep in mind I’m running the front tire the matching front dye or the the Enduro one.
Are there any complaints about this tire?
I haven’t had any complaints with the tires they’ve worked really well the rear tire definitely is hooking up awesome in these rocks my first ride out I didn’t have the camera but it was wet it had just rained and everything was pretty slick got into a little bit of mud it was for the most part awesome dirt just a few muddy spots and slick rocks but it did really well as far as the carcass goes it’s fairly soft but not too soft it soaks everything up real good I don’t kick I don’t get kicked funny or anything I can stay straight in this kind of stuff now I will say three rides into this I’m definitely starting to see some wear on these things but some of these rocky hill climbs you know they’re hard on any tire especially one this soft that’s gonna do so well and the slow speed technical stuff anyway my last couple rides it wasn’t all rock like this.
I did some higher speed desert stuff kind of mixed in with the technical stuff and it did well there too again the dirt in those sections was like near perfect so it was hard to find fault in this tire but where I needed to work and this kind of stuff works awesome so I’m gonna keep riding I’ll show you guys the tire here in a little bit try to guess how many hours I have on it and let you see the wear a little bit of mud no problem all right I should have stopped riding earlier while it was lighter it’s getting dark now but as you can see I’m not missing any knobs yet definitely have lots of cuts in them from these sharp rocks um these hill climbs just kill them definitely some cracking still man look how soft that thing is it is so awesome in the rocks so three rides and they’ve been kind of long rides long slow rides most of them um how many hours you think we got ty eight slow hours it’s been a while but man they’re doing good so we’re gonna finish up our ride and and do some more rides put some more time on them go ahead I’ll follow you well this ride’s winding down so I’m going to give you guys my final feedback on the tire.
I’ve had it on a couple weeks now and I’ve done several rides, I don’t know, eight nine rides and they’ve all been pretty hairy like this well actually hairier than this this is actually pretty decent but rocky gnarly just mean mean trails anyway this thing is conformed and stuck to the rocks really well fantastic tired in the gnarly rocky stuff I mean this thing hooks up good I’ve been really happy with it over the weekend I took it out to the desert um it rained so the dirt was amazing and I was pushing it pretty hard a lot faster stuff a really fun corner track kind of some hard pack on the straightaways braking hard into the corners and it did great I mean it’s obviously not the most ideal for motocross you know what the softer carcass softer rubber but I didn’t have any issues I thought it did really good of course I did have perfect dirt but let’s talk about what this tire is made for it is made for the gnarly rocky hard Enduro type stuff where you’re moving slow traction is just critical and this thing is so soft sticky that it just hooks up so good in that stuff now obviously a tire like this being this soft performing that well in the really tight technical stuff it’s not going to last as long a softer rubber tire just isn’t going to last as long.
Is it the softest tire?
I’ve run some other tires with the similar durometer now I’ve blown through some tires in a ride so I’ve got to say as soft as this one is which it’s about as soft as any of the hybrids out there it’s held up really well and when we’re done with this ride which I have been beating on it today we’ll check it out we’ll look at it see how much life is left in it all right guys check out the tire I’m actually surprised it looks as good as it does looks really good from the back side if you look at the front side you can see that it is not looking so good I mean that one’s about to come off but it hasn’t I’ve been amazed that they’re all staying on as hard as I beat this thing man I think I got a few more rides in it but if you’re the type of guy that wants optimal traction and the gnarly stuff you’re not hitting high speed trails all the time you’re not hitting paved roads to connect your trails this is a fantastic tire you’re going to race some of those hard Enduro races this would be a great tire to be on
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