Good. The more choices the better. I was going with Garth's report above on cancelling the XR.
On Oct 23, 12:38 pm, gunnara <gunn...@gmx.de> wrote: > just read a bit on the Schwalbe site, they just mention the duremo to > close a gap in the marathon line, the new xrs are > thesehttp://www.schwalbe.com/gbl/en/startseite/?gesamt=438&flash=1&ID_Land... > Marathon extreme and -plustour > > Gunnar > > On Oct 23, 3:16 pm, JoelMatthews <joelmatth...@mac.com> wrote: > > > > > > 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. > > > Depends on where you are riding and the purpose of the ride. > > > First, I disagree with your assessment of the Supremes. I have them > > on my Bruce Gordon Rock 'n Road and feel they ride well. > > > If the Dureme is meant to replace the XR, it seems its design has two > > purposes. Probably most buyers will be people who are looking to do > > self supported tours on mixed surfaces in the first world or in the > > developing world. When your bike is already laden with camping and > > cooking gear, water, etc., etc., it is very nice to keep your spare > > tire load to a minimum. Moreover, having to change tires multiple > > times in a ride when you have to make 75 miles or not have a decent > > source of h2o or a place to sleep can be quite a hazard. Some subset > > of Dureme buyers will be riders in cities such as Detroit and New > > Orleans which unfortunately have many streets that would not look out > > of place on the Moon. I and several of my friends in Chicago have > > ridden Kojaks for several years without flats. I imagine that would > > not be the case in cities with less money to spend maintainng and > > cleaning the streets. > > > In my opinion, Schwalbe among its competitors does better mixing > > durability and rideability. > > > 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
