I have decided to go with my existing schwalbe allrounders and try stans sealant. so far so good, after maybe fifty miles of forest trail riding. if it doesn't do the trick I will probably just go for the marathon plus, maybe their mtb version for good measure. the schwalbes, at about 57mm (stated size, not measured), do a very good job of traversing frequent patches of sand common here on maryland's eastern shore. and I am finding the mit atlantis with those big schwalbes to be a fine all around bicycle. thanks for all the comments.
On Sunday, November 10, 2019 at 3:42:25 PM UTC-5, Tom Horton wrote: > > some advice please. I'm outfitting an MIT atlantis 62 for riding forest > roads and trails where I live on the eastern shore of maryland. not real > rough riding, though sandy in patches, BUT we have an eastern native > species, greenbriar (smilax), which is not goathead level in its ability to > flat tires, but still a tough customer. > > I'd prefer to go the tough tire route vs slime or other sealant in the > tubes. the schwalbe marathon plus is one way, but mighty heavy and not > quite as wide as I'd prefer. schwalbe makes a smart sam with something > called double defense, nylon/kevlar belt, that looks pretty good and I > think their 2.25 inch would fit the atlantis without fenders. > > anyone have experience with those tires, or others? and I often ride > pavement to get to the trails. > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/3467c972-13c7-4483-a7b6-6126b9c53cf6%40googlegroups.com.
