You may not have heard of Delium before, but they're part of one of Indonesia's biggest bicycle tire and tube manufacturers, mostly manufacturing for OEMs since the 1970s. Today they're launching a range of four all-new mountain bike tires, available with three different casings. The range covers everything from XC to downhill, with a simplified lineup designed to be easier to understand and offer "the best bang for your buck". The starting price of $35 for the lightest casing - rising to $45 for the all-round casing and $55 for the reinforced option - is relatively affordable in the context of inflating prices from some of the established brands, Yet Delium's press release claims their tires can "match or exceed our competitors' performance ... by focusing on product innovation and development". Big words.
Tread patternsFour tread patterns with progressively taller and more aggressive tread should cater to most riders' needs while keeping the range streamlined. (Personally, I've never quite understood why Maxxis feels the need for the High Roller 2, DHR2 and
Dissector when all three tread patterns fill a similar niche.) Each of Delium's tread patterns is available in 27.5" and 29", but only one width (2.4" or 2.5" depending on the tire) and a choice of two casings.
Fast Adventure• Designed for hard-pack and dry terrain
• 4mm centre tread height
• Tire size: 27.5" x 2.4" or 29" x 2.4"
• Casing: Available in All-Round and Light Construction
• Claimed weight: All-round Construction: 950g (27.5"), 990g (29”); Light Construction: 800g (27.5”), 850g (29”)
Steady Adventure• Designed for mixed terrain conditions
• 4.5mm centre tread height
• Tire size: 27.5" x 2.4" or 29" x 2.4"
• Casing: Available in All-Round and Light Construction
• Claimed weight: All-round Construction: 950g (27.5”), 990g (29”); Light Construction: 800g (27.5”), 850g (29”)
Versatile Adventure• Designed for any terrain and condition year-round
• 5.5mm centre tread height
• Tire size: 27.5" x 2.5" or 29" x 2.5"
• Casing: Available in All-Round and Reinforced
• Claimed weight: All-round Construction: 950g (27.5”), 990g (29”); Reinforced Construction: 1200g (27.5”), 1250g (29”)
RuggedAdventure• Designed for maximum traction and cushioning in technical terrain
• 6mm centre tread height
• Tire size: 27.5" x 2.5" or 29" x 2.5"
• Casing: Available in All-Round and Reinforced
• Claimed weight: All-round Construction: 950g (27.5”), 990g (29”); Reinforced Construction: 1200g (27.5”), 1250g (29”)
It's hard not to draw parallels between the Delium Rugged tire and the
Maxxis Assegai. Both have alternating three then two centre tread blocks, with alternate rectangular and L-shaped shoulder tread. One difference is that the Assegai's paired centre tread blocks alternate between parallel and "pigeon-toed" orientation, while the Rugged pattern repeats exactly every other block.
The Delium Rugged Adventure (left) and Maxxis Assegai
Casings and CompoundDelium's tires are priced by the casing, with the lighter casings being cheaper. The Light construction has two construction zones, with a reinforced layer in the bottom half of the tire sidewall only, along with a dual-compound tread pattern. The All Round casing adds an extra layer of impact protection near the bead, plus a triple-compound tread with softer rubber on the shoulder tread. The Reinforced casing adds an Aramid bead for extra pinch protection and uses softer compounds than the All Round tires.
The tires are available to buy through
deliumtires.com. We've got a set coming for testing so look out for a review in the future.
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light casing
middle casing
DH casing(with dd being something like a soft DH)
then
harder rubber for rolling and wear life
softer rubber for more grip
super soft for dh
then you just take most of the permutations of those variables and thats it. Ask yourself, do I only care about grip? do i care about rolling speed, etc etc, etc
It annoys me so much that people are kinda asking for "apple" type products, "it just works", " its the best. source:trust me bro".
Maxxis offer a wonderful range of tires that will cover you for any kind of train, riding style and preference, and weather or season if you want to get nit picky. Toss in Schwalbe, Michelin, and a few others, and you have an abundance of good rubber. Why limit yourself to just one brand. Choice is a wonderful thing. Happy to see a new player add to the volume of choice we have. Welcome, @DeliumTires
If you don't have enough time to learn basic things why are you on pinkbike?
If the people are being treated good, the plant is turning the place into a toxic dump and they're doing good things for good people, then the cost is reasonable.
But a company out of nowhere hitting that price point???
I think that most people have not addressed or accepted that the current inflation issues are not temporary. We are going to have to do more with less.
Was intentionally attempting to not offend
www.bike24.de/p1373979.html
MaxxTerra-class rubber is fine most of the time, but it looks like you can't get the softest compounds on the lighter casings with Delium. I don't tend to get many punctures or casing tears so my faves are MaxxTerra and MaxxGrip on EXO casings. With Delium I'd need to go up to the tougher casings at another 200g per tire to get sticky rubber.
Weight - check
Price - check
Performance - ?
I would assume will be just fine for day to day riding, also priced similar to Specialized tires at the discount
I like All round construction tho
This tire is for them.
Weight weenie racer is clearly not the target demographic here.
That being said, $55 for the tire + $20 US shipping (Jenson ships for free) + presumably some import duties (no info regarding shipping is available on their website) and you're pretty much there as well for a completely unproven product.
As for Europe, they're an Indonesian company, not a US company so the conversion rate may be different If they directly ship to a distributor in Europe.
To go back on your point:
Delium Reinforced Assegai Equivalent USA - 55USD
Actual Reinforced (DD) Assegai USA - 95USD
Actual Reinforced (DD) Assegai Europe - 55EUR
So based on Maxxis your calculations of Dollar equivalent to Euro doesn't work out.
They’re not ‘my’ calculations. They’re actual facts haha.
Few years back, you could find any Maxxis DH casing tire for 40 € ! Now, even the old minion dh is so expensive
sorry, "a few years back" means jack squat
delitire.com/website/company/about-us
Edit: Beaten to it
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