And from a 650B perspective...I really like the Schwalbe Marathons. I heard lots of complaints about the dead, slow ride but frankly don't feel it. Now I'm switching from Col de la Vies so take that for what it's worth, but to me the Schwalbes are way better. You don't have to spend an hour trying to set the bead, they don't flat (least not yet), they feel fine on the road, and the black sidewalls actually grow on you (I know, I never thought I'd admit to that!!!). I might buy some Hetres just to see what all the fuss is about, but I've already purchased a big enough stock of Marathons to last until the next "great tire size" comes along.
On Oct 22, 6:09 pm, EricP <ericpl...@aol.com> wrote: > And I'm the exact opposite, love the 700x40 Supreme and rarely, if > ever, think about going back to Pasela tires. The Pasela 35s seem too > narrow to me now. And didn't have a reliable enough source for the > 37s to really use them. > > Now, the 26x47 Supremes are a different story. Those do seem too > narrow and why I'm putting Big Apples back on the Atlantis. > > But am sure those tires do not help me ride my bike any faster. > > Eric Platt > St. Paul, MN > > On Oct 22, 7:35 pm, Ken Yokanovich <reflector.collec...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > > > I road a set of Marathon Supremes in the 700x42 thinking that they > > would be bigger, rounder, and have that wonderful go-plump feel. I had > > hoped that they would have the ride characteristics of a larger > > Pasela. They wore like iron, but weren't the wonderful ride. So, I > > don't get what's so wonderful to be about the Dureme to be. According > > to their chart, less speed, slightly more durable, heavier, more > > expensive. Don't get me wrong, Schwalbe makes A LOT of tires and lots > > of choices and that's great. I'm just not willing to sacrifice the > > ride characteristics for durability. At the price point, I'm not > > interested in dropping $150 to experiment. > > > I LOVE my Jack Browns, I'm waiting for Jack's larger cousin in a large > > volume, light weight 622bsd by about 38 tire. It'd be the PERFECT tire > > IMHO for the Atlantis.- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
