E-bike tyres on normal bike I am shopping for tyres for my normal MTB. As I am mostly riding city, some gravel and light offroad I wanted something with good speed on road and some traction offroad. I found Schwalbe E-bike tyres which should offer just that.
Are there any downsides for riding e-bike tyres on normal bike?
E-bike tires are designed for heavier loads, and faster speeds. Comparing Marathon Plus regular with e-bike version, e-bike has deeper tread, two layer puncture protection, and rubber mixture optimized for higher speed. E-bike one also has max load 6kg higher. For 28 x 1.75 Shwalbe says that regular weights 1100 g and e-bike 1150 g. When I was choosing tires for my bike (about a month ago), e-bike ones felt much heavier, so I am sceptical about this data point.
My conclusion is, you would be paying money and using more mass for some features you would use, like enhanced flat protection, and some you will not, like optimization for heavy mass at high speed.
That said, I am really heavy and I can and want to go relatively fast, so I ended up choosing Energizer Plus Tour, designed for e-bikes, for my regular bike. And I am happy with that choice. Like you, I am mostly riding city, some gravel and light offroad now, and it works all right.