I've commuted on Maxy Fastys, CdlV's, and Schwalbe Marathons, and have several hundred non-commuting miles on FR's. I had way too many flats on both the MF's and CdlV's. MF's I can understand, they are not designed for flat-resistance. At one point I had five flats in six days on the CdlV's. That was the last straw, so I bought the Marathons. Mounted them up with the same inner tubes as in the CdlV's. No more flats. They accelerate more slowly, but my 12 mile each way commute time is not noticeably slower (consistently 48 - 50 minutes, depending on stoplight delays). The comfort is about on a par with any other tire of a similar width and pressure (50 - 55 lb in my case). Since I absolutely, positively want to get to work on time, I'm sticking with the Schwalbes for commuting.
I have never commuted on the FR's, but have done many 40 mile rides on the American River bike trail in Sacramento on them, taken them camping, etc. They can be had cheap, don't seem to flat often, roll reasonably well though there's a little buzzing from the tread pattern, weigh about 200 gm less than the Schwalbes, and given the choice I'd ride them instead of CdlV's any time over any terrain, and probably instead of the Marathons if I wasn't so prone to flatting on my commute. They don't suck IMO. Bill On Aug 9, 12:24 pm, d2mini <d2creat...@gmail.com> wrote: > Thanks, Lee! > Not overboard at all. ;) > > These will be going on my Homer. > I currently have just the rear rack installed with an Arkel Tail Rider > and I switch back and forth between a side pannier and a messenger bag > depending on my mood. > Usually I'm only carrying clothes and other odd/ends for the day, no > touring, strictly commuting. > > I'm looking for durability, comfort and speed, probably in that order. > But speed is still important, just the least of the three. In other > words, I don't want something that is *noticeably* sluggish compared > to the NS. But if it's really slight and I'm gaining something > somewhere else, than that's ok. -- 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-bu...@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.
