<img src="https://bikerumor.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/prototype-32-inch-Schwalbe-Romy-Trail-and-Magic-Mary-Gravity-mountain-bike-tires_up-close-1536×1024.jpg" width="1536" height="1024" alt="32×2.4" Romy Trail (l) & Magic Mary Gravity (r)”>
Bespoked Dresden leaned a bit more off-road this year, and a couple interesting finds we discovered were two new 32” Schwalbe mountain bike tires that point to more aggressive riding on the next big wheelsize. There were a lot of 32″ wheels at the show. And several bikes were fitted with unlabeled 32″ versions of the German tire maker’s latest Romy trail bike tire. But it was really the 32” Magic Mary Gravity Pro tire that makes it clear that Schwalbe is serious about bigger wheels for longer travel enduro and maybe even downhill mountain biking.
32″ Schwalbe Magic Mary Gravity tire means business
While most 32” wheels and tires we’ve spotted so far have been geared towards XC and gravel, Schwalbe – together with a few different bike makers at Bespoked – are showing off bigger travel enduro and DH bikes are going big, too.
A Schwalbe Gravity Pro Magic Mary tire with Ultra Soft rubber is pretty much exclusively used for serious enduro, bikepark, and downhill riding in soft and wet conditions. It’s a tire I ride a lot with since Schwalbe’s Radial debut. So, I’m confident that adding a 32″ x 2.4″ option could make this the first proper gravity in the new wheelsize.
And even though we most often spot pre-production tires first without any sidewall labels, this one on Alutech’s super mullet enduro bike features a pretty finished-looking hot stamp. Fitted to a new, presumably tougher Reynolds A32TR alloy rim. So far, we’ve only seen the more XC-oriented A32 rim.
But, it’s not quite a production ready label. It’s missing the notes after the tread name saying it’s tubeless, what size it is, what rubber it uses, and whether it is radial construction or not. (Like you can see on the 29er photo I took below, from earlier this season.)
Thankfully, TLR is a given for a Pro-level tire. 32×2.4″ is molded into the tread. As is the purple stripe of their Ultra Soft rubber compound. Otherwise, Schwalbe put on the standard development prototype label, as race team tires still being tested. Like the new radials the XC pros were on this season.
That suggests that a 32″ Magic Mary is probably not going to hit the market until next spring at the earliest.
Trail & DH suspension, reshaped for 32″ enduro riding by Alutech
Interestingly, the bike sporting this labeled 32″ Schwalbe Gravity Pro tire was a curious beast, itself.
German aluminum frame builder Alutech, calls this enduro bike a Pelmo 1.0 32/29. Typically, Pelmo is their shorter 150mm travel trail bike. But this super mullet gets 170mm of rear wheel travel, matched to 176mm up front, making it longer travel even then their Fanes enduro bike.
As an added bonus, the travel-reduced, dual-crown Manitou Dorado Expert fork shows us that customized DH forks may end up being the next good option for early long-travel 32″ enduro bikes. Dual crowns are often also easier to build with less stack height under the headtube, making it possible to get more travel without adding more height. Plus, they are inherently easier to adjust axle-to-crown length, perfect for helping offset the larger diameter front wheel issue.
Alutech also says the Pelmo 1.0 32/29 is available to order for 7000€ complete, as shown.
32″ Schwalbe Romy tire mean trail bike versatility
It’s not just the Magic Mary. Schwalbe also supplied a number of different 32″ Romy tires to builders ahead of Bespoked, too.
No labels on any of these. But, we’re familiar with the Romy’s new all-rounder tread pattern, introduced this past spring.
This trail hardtail setup had a couple of sneaky new bits on it as well.
…a new fork & new wheels, too…
First, that’s the same X-Fusion Rezza 32 fork I spotted in Taiwan at the start of the year. But, while that shiny blue one was a sneaky, unrideable CNC-machined mock-up… this one is a real production casting. Officially, it’s not out of final testing just yet, so we don’t know exactly when it will be available. But we know that this 34mm stanchion fork features 130mm of travel, and shorter options will be possible, too.
Next up, South Carolina made silver aluminum Boyd Kanuga FF wheels. We know the reverse hooked shape of the 35mm internal (and affordable) Kanuga from its origins last year as a gravity-ready wheelset. But it looks like Boyd sees that toughness as a good fit for a new bigger wheel diameter, as well.
Looking back to the rubber, none of the 32″ Romy tires we saw at Bespoked had any labels at all. But one on a Nicolai mullet enduro bike did at least have the new Schwalbe swallow bird logo.
I also need to get used to this new 686mm bead seat diameter.
We’d guess that the trail hardtail would likely have a Trail casing tire, and the enduro bike would have a Gravity casing version of the 32″ Romy. But without any labels on the tires, that’d just be speculation. I have ridden the Romy in both Trail & Gravity Radial constructions, and can say I’ve been pretty happy with its combination of a fast rolling feel from the lowered center knobs, balanced to solid shoulder knobs for grip in everything from dry to damp trails.
With Soft (like the orange striped tire on the front of this Singular) or Ultra Soft (purple stripe) rubber, this could be a great all-rounder for aggressive 32″ riding, too.
Singular Albatross 32″ titanium trail hardtail
While both the Alutech and Nicolai enduro bikes go hard in the gravity direction, this titanium hardtail is much more of a do-it-all trail bike.
Singular originally designed this ti Alabtross 32″ hardtail as an “all-round great riding cross-country, bikepacking, rigid specific MTB“. But clearly, combining grippier tire, freeride-ready rims, and a 130mm fork put this solidly in the trail hardtail category. It’s a tall setup with the big 32” wheels, trail-ready fork travel, a conventional stem, and a riser bar.
But a slightly more aggressive cockpit could pretty easily get this large bike back down into more normal positioning for everyday trail riding. Reach out to Singular to build one for yourself today!
And the availability of capable Gravity and Trail casing, and Soft/Ultra Soft compound Schwalbe Radial tires would go a long way to making more serious mountain biking possible on 32″ wheels. Now we probably just need to hold out until the start of next year to really put the big wheels to the test.
In the meantime, appreciate the oddity of having the Bespoked bike show inside an active airport. And keep your eyes peeled for more of what we found. Several more unreleased prototypes, a few cool gadgets you can already buy, and a lot of simply beautiful custom bike builds.
Stay tuned.