They probably are...but, then I've got to change fenders, or frame! Sometimes good enough is good enough..though then what would I spend all my time on the internet looking at?
On Oct 22, 10:25 pm, rcnute <rcn...@hotmail.com> wrote: > 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 - > > > > - Show quoted text -- 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
