Schwalbe Smart Sam Plus MTB Tyre Reviews
Review score: 8.7/10 – Updated November, 2024
Latest Price: £35.49 (RRP: £35.49)
Take a look now to discover what makes Schwalbe Smart Sam Plus MTB Tyre worthy of a review score of 8.7 out of 10.
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Schwalbe Smart Sam Plus MTB Tyre features
Schwalbe Smart Sam Plus MTB Tyre
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Spec 1
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Colour: Black Other Tyres found with this Spec: 6387 |
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Spec 2
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Size: Wire Bead Other Tyres found with this Spec: 92 |
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Spec 3
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Wheel Size: 29″, 26″ Other Tyres found with this Spec: 3 |
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Spec 4
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Width: 2.1″, 2.25″ Other Tyres found with this Spec: 8 |
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Feature 1
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Size: 26 x 2.25″ ETRTO: 54-559 Version: GreenGuard Compound: Dual Bead: Wire Bar: 1.80 – 3.70 Bar PSI: 26 – 54 EPI: 67 Max Load: 121kg Weight: 980g Other Tyres found with this feature: 1 |
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Feature 2
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Version: GreenGuard Other Tyres found with this feature: 1 |
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Feature 3
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Compound: Dual Other Tyres found with this feature: 28 |
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Feature 4
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Bead: Wire Other Tyres found with this feature: 29 |
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Feature 5
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Bar: 1.80 – 3.70 Bar Other Tyres found with this feature: 1 |
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Feature 6
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PSI: 26 – 54 Other Tyres found with this feature: 1 |
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Feature 7
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EPI: 67 Other Tyres found with this feature: 35 |
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Feature 8
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Max Load: 121kg Other Tyres found with this feature: 1 |
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Feature 9
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Weight: 980g Other Tyres found with this feature: 3 |
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Price
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£35.49 |
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Number of Reviews
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62 |
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Review Score
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4.6 / 5 Average score in category: 4.3/5 |
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Quality
Quality is without doubt one of the most important factors that we consider when buying bikes, parts, accessories or clothing. As you’d imagine it’s especially important when buying Tyres. Let’s take at a look at the sort of things you can look at when trying to ascertain the quality of Schwalbe Smart Sam Plus MTB Tyre.
The first thing is material. Looking at what Schwalbe Smart Sam Plus MTB Tyre is made of will give you a really good idea of the quality overall. Take a look at the specs above and you should be able to see the material. It’s then up to you to decide if it meets your expectation.
Similarly you’ll also want to spend some time looking at the features too. Again the table above, listing the features will give you a really good overview. However you should think about the sort of features that you’d expect when buying new Tyres. It’s worth writing a list of the “must-have” features so that you don’t end up compromising and missing some important features, or alternatively end up buying an unnecessarily high specced product.
There’s also a lot of merit in checking out the brand of the product and looking at the various brands that are selling Tyres. Brands like Schwalbe are of courses extremely well respected in the cycling community so you know you’re getting a fantastic product with them. But if you’re undecided on your product you should write up a list of brands that you’d be happy to buy. It’s a great way of filtering and narrowing down the number of products when you’re searching.
Next up you’ll want to think about the price and use that as a guide to set your expectations of the quality. If you’re buying the cheapest of the options in the Tyres category you should probably expect it to not be of as good quality as the most expensive. It sounds obvious of course. But this is where you can get a bit clever and use your combination of features, specs, materials and other factors to work together to get a really good quality product at the best price. We often draw up a list of “must-haves” and use these as filters when shopping online so that you’re only seeing products that meet your criteria. You can then sort by Price>Low to get the best deals.
Comparing Prices
Price, as you would imagine, is the most popular reason for someone buying one product over another. It is the single most important factor in choosing the majority of products we buy. The same goes for Tyres.
It’s at this stage of the buying process, when you’re looking at different options, that you should set a budget. Do some research to understand how much roughly you can expect to pay for the sort of level of product that you’re looking for. Then match that to your own personal circumstance and how much you can afford to spend. This will really help you in narrowing down the right product for you.
Price of Schwalbe Smart Sam Plus MTB Tyre
So the first aspect of price that we’re going to look at is the price of Schwalbe Smart Sam Plus MTB Tyre.
We run regular scans across the web to find the best prices for the products that we review, from a range of cycling retailers. The best price we managed to find Schwalbe Smart Sam Plus MTB Tyre was over at Chain Reaction Cycles where the price was £35.49 in our latest search.
Based on this price we’ve scored it 8.2 out of 10 for price.
Average price of Tyres
Next we wanted to look at how much you can expect to pay, on average, for Tyres.
We found 702 in the Tyres category over at Chain Reaction Cycles. We looked at the average price of the products within this category and found the average is £38.94, making it below average at £35.49.
It’s sometimes helpful to look at how much the prices can vary. Especially when setting yourself a budget, or when trying to understand just how much you could spend on Tyres. We found that the most expensive product currently available was £296.99, whilst the cheapest we managed to find was £7.50.
With 702 products available we worked out that 335 cost more than Schwalbe Smart Sam Plus MTB Tyre and 365 were cheaper.
Cost of Schwalbe products
At Chain Reaction Cycles we found 135 products from Schwalbe, of which 119 were in the Tyres category.
For now though we’re looking at Schwalbe branded products in all categories. The average price of these products was £27.49 making this product above average.
You’ll also be interested to know that the cheapest Schwalbe product we found was £2.99 and the highest price we could find from them was £74.99.
Of the 135 from Schwalbe, 34 were more expensive than Schwalbe Smart Sam Plus MTB Tyre and 99 were cheaper.
How much are Schwalbe Tyres?
We then wanted to get a bit more specific and only look at Schwalbe products that are listed in the Tyres category.
The average price of the 119 products that match this search was £29.80, with the cheapest coming in at £11.99 and highest price was £74.99. With the average being £29.80, Schwalbe Smart Sam Plus MTB Tyre comes in above average.
33 products that meet this search were more expensive than Schwalbe Smart Sam Plus MTB Tyre and 84 were cheaper.
Schwalbe Smart Sam Plus MTB Tyre Reviews
Reading reviews is an amazing way of getting a good feel for a product without actually being able to try it or see it first.
There are two different types of reviews, and we also recommend reading both.
1. Expert reviews – In the cycle industry there are loads of really reliable trusted resources for expert reviews. For example if you’re looking to buy a new bike, BikeRadar Bike Reviews are great.
2. Customer reviews – these are probably your best resource for information. There’s no finances or influence involved, they’re purely just honest reviews from customers that have bought and used the product. The reason we love customer reviews so much is because no matter if their view is good or bad, there’s a very good chance that it will be honest and unbiased.
Our best advice is to head over to Chain Reaction Cycles and read the Schwalbe Smart Sam Plus MTB Tyre reviews there.
Based on what we’ve seen in terms of reviews for Schwalbe Smart Sam Plus MTB Tyre, it really does look like a great buy. So for the review score, we’ve scored it 9.2 out of 10. The average review score for all products in the Tyres category at Chain Reaction Cycles is 4.3 out of 5.
Owner reviews, as we say, are one of the most important pieces of research that we can do before we buy. So, with that in mind, if you do go on to buy Schwalbe Smart Sam Plus MTB Tyre or another similar product, like Schwalbe Ice Spiker Pro Winter Tyre reviews or Schwalbe Super Moto-X MTB Tyre reviews we’d love you to leave a review in the comments below. It will really help future buyers just like you, when they’re looking to buy Tyres.
Brand
As we said in the pricing part of the review, brand is a really important consideration, but especially so when looking to buy Tyres. But as you’re probably already aware, you’re on to a great choice if you do go with Schwalbe, as they’re a fantastic brand, making amazing products.
YouTube Video of Schwalbe Smart Sam Plus MTB Tyre
Below we’ve embedded a video from YouTube where we’ve searched for Schwalbe Smart Sam Plus MTB Tyre reviews.
Summary
Overall, we’ve been hugely impressed by the quality, price, reviews and features of Schwalbe Smart Sam Plus MTB Tyre. We’d say that as long as it fits your budget and meets your expectations in terms of features/spec…it’s a really strong contender. That’s why we’ve scored it a massive 8.7/10 overall.
Further product details
- Product ID 1: 25010859979
- Product ID 2: 566190UK
- Brand: Schwalbe
- Model number: 11101143
- RRP: £35.49
- EAN: 4026495790628
- Description: Schwalbe Smart Sam Plus MTB Tyre – GreenguardThe popular allrounder is now available with extra safe 3mm GreenGuard puncture protection.GreenGuardThe insert of highly flexible natural rubber is 3¬†mm thick. Its inner values are also “green”. A third of the GreenGuard is produced from recycled latex products. Old products of natural rubber (such as gloves, inner tubes ‚Ķ) are shredded and, after several process stages, are again used as basic material in the puncture protection insertsFeatures:Size: 26 x 2.25" ETRTO: 54-559Version: GreenGuardCompound: DualBead: WireBar: 1.80 – 3.70 BarPSI: 26 – 54 EPI: 67Max Load: 121kgWeight: 980gSize: 27.5 x 2.25" ETRTO: 57-584Version: GreenGuardCompound: DualBead: WireBar: 1.8 – 3.7PSI: 26 – 54EPI: 67Max Load: 121kgWeight: 995gBuy Schwalbe Tyres from Chain Reaction Cycles, the World’s Largest Online Bike Store.
- Full Category: Wheels & Tyres > Tyres
- Size: Wire Bead
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A few of our other favourites that we spotted when researching Schwalbe Smart Sam Plus MTB Tyre included,
Schwalbe Nobby Nic Performance Folding MTB Tyre reviews, Schwalbe Big Ben MTB Tyre reviews, or we really liked the look of Schwalbe Lugano Bike Tyre reviews as another alternative.