Hetres are worth it.
On Oct 22, 10:11 pm, rob markwardt <robmar...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> 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 -
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