Really strong tyre that still rolls very well. At the end of a ride 3 of us rolled down a hill. My bike with the biggest tyres won the rolling race. Not very scientific, but a practicle demonstration that the tyre is not 'slow'. I changed wheel & tyre sizes from 26x4 to 27.5 x 3.8. The tyre still give good float on firm sand.

So fitted the 3.8 minions onto 55mm wide, 27.5 rims.what a transformation!Much quicker acceleration, faster rolling speed on rolls over everything! 2 rides at thredbo now, I'm keeping up with mates and passing one of them on his new 11grand carbon high tower 29er, much to his disgust and everyone else's amusement!