Michael, One of my distributors seems to have a stockpile of 26” tires at their warehouse in Indiana, including 20 pairs of marathon racers in 1.5”. If you’re interested in getting a pair I could have them drop shipped to you. Email me if you’d like: [email protected] After Jack’s Review of the Supreme EVO I wish I could get some of those!
On Saturday, August 29, 2020 at 5:08:34 AM UTC-7 Jack K wrote: > Michael, > > If you liked your Marathon Racers then you may be happy with the Marathon > Supreme, but opt for the high-zoot Evo version. If you're used to paying > Compass/RH tire prices then even the spendy version of the Marathon Supreme > is bargain priced. Despite the name, Marathon Racers were never a > particularly fast tire and are now an old design.The Marathon Supreme EVO > uses Schwalbe's latest tire technologies and does extremely well in testing > and real world reporting for efficiency, durability, flat shrugoffability, > road grip, etc... Can be run tubeless, if that's your thing and the black > sidewalls with reflective band are durable and surprisingly visible at > night. I'm running the 26x1.6" EVO version and am quite pleased with them, > but they're available wider (2"?) if you need more meat. I've ordered > several sets over a couple of years from EU-based mailorder shops (usually > Bike24, Starbike or Bike-Discount.de) and never paid more than $40 / tire > for the most expensive folding EVO version. > > If you'd like links to credible instrumented testing of this tire I can > look that up for you. Record setting Velomobiles often use a 26" tire out > back and every watt is precious to those guys, so there's been more than a > little lab testing and real world experience with 26" road-going tires. > Being part of Schwalbe's Trekking tire line the Marathon Supreme isn't the > lightest, fastest 26" road tire out there, but for everyday use I find it a > great combination of zippiness and toughness. > > -Jack K. > > On Friday, August 28, 2020 at 5:23:28 PM UTC-4, Michael Hechmer wrote: >> >> Our touring tandem has 26" wheels, and yes when we bought the bike ten >> years ago I got, much to my regret, talked out of 650B. All water under >> the bridge. We rode Schawbe Marathon Racers 1.5" for 6 years and then >> switched to Compass 1.75. The latter have thinner, tan sidewalls which >> have worn out way before the tread. Now, in search of tires I am not >> finding much in the way of 26" tires not designed for mt bike single track. >> The Marathon Racers still seems to exist in theory, but we haven't been >> able to actually find one to buy. Compass still has 26" tires, but with >> light weight sidewalls and a $71 price tag. Any other leads appreciated. >> >> The opening words on the RBW tire page proclaim that GP would prefer to >> carry fewer tire choices, but one good medium duty 26" road tire could >> corner the market. >> >> Michael >> > -- 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 [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/a8371abc-2c82-4d81-8215-80213e7ad8b5n%40googlegroups.com.
