Makes sense, the wider the rim, the more “spread” is the tire.
I just got a 26x3 surly dirt wizard. I really like it. Has good bounce, tons of grip and,seems to be built pretty damn solid. I was able to roll over obstacles pretty well and the grip was really good . all the snow is still melting on the mountains so theres a lot of mud and this tire gripped really well.
Would recommend for sure. I like it better than tge 26x3 duro wildlife that came on it.
Interesting how both tires coincidentally could be described the acronym DW
For me muni tyres comes down to two factors: Sideways stability and fun. These two factors are mutually exclusive, you can’t have both, but you can compromise. This year I’ve put handlebars on my munis and it helps a great deal with controlling the beasts.
I’ve grouped the muni tyres I have some experience with:
Sideways stability:
24/26 x 3 Duro Leopard Wildlife
27.5 x 3 Surly Dirt Wizard
Compromize:
27.5 x 3.25 Duro Crux
Fun:
26 x 3 Surly Knard
26 x 3.8 Surly Nate
Can’t ride it:
Schwalbe Jumbo Jim 26 x 4.8 (I was all over the place)
My latest purchase is the 27.5 x 3 Surly Dirt Wizard. I really like it. I can keep my balance pretty good (sideways stability), it’s very presice, and it’s lighter than the Wildlife. Because of this I get pretty confident. I guess it can be fun sometimes to be in control, but it’s not the roller coaster kind of fun that you get with other tyres. The drops feels a bit hard though, and I really have to pay attention to the terrain in front of me or else I’ll get thrown off by small roots or bumps (bigger roots and bumps are no problem). And yes, it lives up to it’s name. Great on dirt and mud.
If I have a very good day, the Surly Knard is the best. Light, playfull and bouncy. But when I have an off day I struggle with it, especially when it comes to sideways balance. The Nate is in the same category, but it rolls over more stuff and is heavier an more bouncy.
In the middle you have the Duro Crux wich is really great.
The weight of the tyre gives you an indication on were to place it on the sideways stability/fun scale I think.
I find the 26" x 2.8" Maxxis Minion DHF 60tpi dual compound tire seems to go where I want it to. I’m satisfied. I’m trying to decide whether to replace it with a 26x3" Surly Dirt Wizard or buy another Minion.
Sorry for the delay in replying. I just saw your post today 
Cheers - Terry
Thanks for your answer! That was a bit of a delay:D.
Funny thing is, I just checked in to ask trepper 687 the same question.
Maybe he would like to share his experience concerning the autosteer of the Dirt Wizard?
Cheers
Stephan
I have a 29" Kris Holm. I changed the frame to get the disc tab at some point, so the frame is the one that still had the Magura tabs and the disc tab, and it was the first “wider” with the flatter crown top, like the current ones. Can I put a Duro Crux 3.25 on it? Or would that only work for more recent frames (without the Magura tabs)?
adre KH29 avec support Magura
tu as l’ancien cadre de ton KH29 ? Maxence en cherche un avec support Magura et assez large si possible
In reply to your PM:
Not quite sure what measurement you need, but here are some photos against a tape.
From top outer edge of rim:
From hub centre:
My KH29 was bought in Oct 2018 and I think it’s the current shape. Disc mounts only.
Let me know if you need other photos or exactly where to measure.
That’s great thanks for doing so!
I’ll compare with mine this weekend.
Maxxis Minion DHR II 26x2.8 , short review:
For reference I switched from a Magic Mary 26x2.5 with the softest compound, and strongest sidewall to this. I am not someone who relies on the tire dealing with bumps for me, and not very sensitive to “camber autosteering”.
The extra 0.3" width is nice, it provides a noticable extra amount of air volume, which is rather nice when hitting sharp rocks/roots with speed. It doesn’t fold a lot when cornering, or landing jumps sideways at the pressures I run it at, it’s nice and predictable at keeping shape.
The grip in loose sand is good, while being surprisingly fast rolling (for a enduro/DH tire). The corner knobs are quite stiff, when leaning sideways hard/riding very cambered sections, it feels a bit weird getting up onto them. On the upside, the cornering grip is strong. Overall a really good grip in the dry, haven’t had a chance to test it out in the wet yet.
It is a bit bouncy for my taste. Completely manageable after getting used to it, and it’s not surprising that a folding tire doesn’t have the greatest dampening capabilities, but landing jumps took some getting used to.
Thanks for your take, Finn. I’ve ridden this tire in 27.5" for about a year and liked it quite a bit. It’s a really good allrounder, leaning toward technical riding. I think it’s much better than the Duro Crux, which is stocked on so many unicycles unfortunately. In the end, the sidewalls were a bit too nimble for my liking on rocky technical descents so I went back to a proper 2.5" DH tire (Maxxis Assegai). The Assegai is the grippiest tire I’ve ever ridden and it’s perfect in the Alps. For my home trails in Zurich, I go with faster rolling tires though, like Maxxis Forekaster 29x2.6 and when it’s wet, Conti Baron 29x2.4.
An interesting fact about Maxxis Plus tires: the side knobs are made out of harder rubber than the center knobs. That’s the opposite of normal MTB tires. Usually you have harder rubber in the center to make the tire last longer, and softer rubber on the side so that you have more grip when turning. I don’t know why Maxxis went the opposite way, but I guess they have their reasons. It might explain the weird feeling reported by Finn.
Maxxis Minion DHR II + 26x2.8 (i.e. EXO 120TPI 3C MaxxTerra), my addendum:
It offers a surprising amount of grip in wet conditions. Happy to run it in the rain. 
It clears mud reasonably well, as far as I remember. That might be expected given its knob spacing and sizing.
You can briefly see this exact tyre on wet rocks here (0:32-0:35): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z6Wvmlrbd4w&t=32
It also runs pretty predictably at very low pressure. I can only speak from experience tubeless on a rim of about 40mm internal width.
The DHR II + tyres are not all the same if you switch size. E.g. the 29x3.0 version has less lateral grip on wet roots compared to this size, 26x2.8. You might want to take note that the 27.5x2.8 is also offered with an EXO+ casing.
Ardent 26x2.6
I know this is a well known tyre and no longer made. But if anyone can snag one NOS or hardly used I’d be saying go for it.
It’s changed the ride and confidence I get on my G26er.
I was using the 2.4” version and this never fully grabbed me. It was fine and perhaps something I’ll graduate to one day.
But I picked up a NOS 2.6 Ardent and I’m in love 
It has just the right amount of cushion, and grips really well. I like the fact it adds weight to the geared wheel - and I feel I am not flying over bumps that on the lighter 2.4 would have me hanging on for dear life - not knowing for sure how the wheel would react.
Camber? What camber! It ploughs a straight line and while not fast rolling it felt great on all the rides I’ve taken it out on.
I have seen this tyre mentioned here before and my recollection is that it had some fans but mostly took a bit of a bad rap with others and was never something that jumped out from the reviews as the go to 26” tyre in its class.
I’m already scouring eBay for a back up tyre 
The Ardent 26x2.6 used to be come with some KH unicycles in the past. I believe it had a beefy downhill casing, weighed about 1200g, wire bead and MaxxPro rubber.
If you liked exactly that tyre, you might want to consider this current one: Minion DHF 26x2.50 DH wire MaxxPro 60x2 with a nominal weight of 1180g.
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Ah thanks. Oddly enough I got that tyre I think (I’ll have to check my growing pile) when I first started to learn to ride my G26er. But for some reason took it off. I think I blamed it for the high gear feeling weird.
The Ardent 2.4 felt more stable so I stuck with that while learning. But perhaps I could try the DHF again… my KH26 frame can only take max 2.6” tyres so a bit more clearance is always nice.
I’m still feeling a bit delirious about how confidence boosting this 2.6” Ardent has been.
Whodathunk that a tyre alone could change the dynamic of a uni-wheel?!?
I have just purchased the DHR 29 x 3.0 (not the 2) to replace the Duro Crux 29 x 3.25 on my unicycle. The Crux is great, but is too wobbly on my 42mm rim and likes to self steer and is quite bouncy and has a very rounded profile. Perhaps I need a wider rim, but I think I should try a narrower tire to reduce the wheel diameter and make the unicycle easier to ride on technical stuff. It seems like this is going to be a great choice for my riding style and the surfaces I ride on.
I watched this video from this guy running them on a plus size MTB going through the different terrains he rides on. I has confirmed this tire will definitely be a good fit for me. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AkCq5rJZq5c
I will update this after I have installed and ridden the DHR on my local trails.
Cheers!
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Schwalbe Albert Review.
The big marketing point of this tire is its “radial” construction, supposedly this gives more compliance in a radial direction while maintaining sideways stability. Sounds pretty good for unicycling purposes. On the downside, this construction increases rolling resistance, which they counteract by using a less aggressive profile compared to a Magic Mary.
Coming from a Magic Mary (27.5x2.6, soft with gravity casing), I was actually looking for something with slightly closer spaced knobs. The Mary is a great tire that provides lots of grip in a lot of conditions, but I’m not in the soft ground conditions that it is perfect for too often.
I got the Albert in the same configuration (27.5x2.6 soft and gravity) and just had 4 days of Enduro style riding on it. I think without a direct A-B test, I can’t really confirm or deny any of the claims about the radial construction. It is certainly not fast rolling (neither is a magic Mary) and it is nice and predictable when loaded sideways.
But I like it, the slightly closer spaced knobs make the transition between side and center knobs nicer than a magic mary. (When leaning into corners or riding off camber is when I notice this). It packs up with dirt a bit quicker and digs less into soft ground, but it is still a great allrounder in mixed conditions.
TLDR: magic Mary with knobs spaced a bit closer does what you’d expect.
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I just made the exact same swap; MM for the Albert. Also love the Mary, but thought I had to test Schwalbe’s big claims about the radial tech. Only got one ride in so far, and I think I had far too little pressure in it, as although it did seems to absorb roots and rocks on the trail better, it felt a bit floaty and unstable, and really felt any offcamber sections. Reviews do seem to say that it takes a bit of time to find the pressure sweet spot, so next ride I’ll experiment with some higher pressures too (I didnt have the time to mess around last ride).
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I went with fairly high pressure, since that seemed to be the recommendation I gathered (also because I knew I would be riding on a lot of rocks).
Maybe after riding it on some of my home trails I can make a more nuanced estimation if the radial construction is actually noticeable for me. I did sometimes think that when riding against edges straight on the tire felt a bit softer, while the tire still felt solid when I threw a strong sideways landing at it, but that may just be placebo.
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