I was going to post a link to the extremes, but the Schwalbe web page is not working for me a tthe moment. I am running one on the rear with a Marathon XR on the front, both 42mm wide. If I did not already have the XR they both would be the extremes. The extreme replaced a 37mm XR that I had on the back, but was not providing the rim protection I needed. These are on my Rawland: http://www.flickr.com/photos/36302...@n08/4086811962/ I ride to the trails when I can, usualy 10 miles or so, then a mix of fire roads and rocky SoCal singletrack. I need to take the trails with a little more caution than with fatter nobbies, but the lack of rolling resistance on the roads and fire roads more than makes up for it. I also have a set of the Panaracer firecross 45mm, they are wonderful on the trails, more traction but, but they are dogs on the roads, feels like pedaling in sand at times. I have also run some of the various large volume WTB 29'er options on different bikes, but they are all sold now. I did not like the feel of the rotational mass, I did not feel the trade off was worth it.
If and when I am ever able to wear out the XR I will be buiying another Extreme to replace it. This bike has exceeded my expectations of a bike in every way. I drew my inspiration fo rthe build from the riv concepts combined with the guys running monstercross setups over on the MTBR forums (Google it, and join the forum so you can see the pics). They have had great discussions on these in between 29'er type setups. Rob On Nov 11, 8:55 pm, Rene Sterental <orthie...@gmail.com> wrote: > Keven suggested going with the new Marathon Extreme tires (snip) --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
