>From the opposite corner of the country from Maine, the Marathon Supremes work well on my Atlantis both on & off pavement. Off road here is either adobe clay, not unlike concrete (why the Spanish missions have been around for hundreds of years) or rocky, sandy stuff. 35s are a bit narrow for deep sand so I'm going up to 40s next time. I don't do anything especially adventerous, mostly jeep trails & such.
dougP On Feb 2, 7:44 pm, Mike <mjawn...@gmail.com> wrote: > Be careful riding in mud though... > > On Feb 2, 7:20 pm, Forrest <ftme...@me.com> wrote: > > > > > Good to know! Thanks. > > > On Feb 2, 9:18 pm, ejg <egi...@maine.rr.com> wrote: > > > > Well, > > > They certainly aren't ideal for the current conditions, but they do > > > work in the snow > > > > On Feb 2, 9:46 pm, Forrest <ftme...@me.com> wrote: > > > > > Thanks for the positive, encouraging, review. It does surprise me a > > > > little that the Supreme, which looks to me like kind of a grooved > > > > slick, does well in the snow. -- Forrest > > > > > On Feb 2, 8:00 pm, ejg <egi...@maine.rr.com> wrote: > > > > > > Hi > > > > > they work fine for me off road. They live on my touring bike and I've > > > > > gotten thousands of miles with no flats. (Knock Wood) > > > > > They are regularly used for roads, dirt roads, gravel, very fine bike > > > > > path stone and this winter here in Maine they are getting more than > > > > > there fair share of snow rides. Like > > > > > thishttp://www.flickr.com/photos/31238317@N03/5402673354/ > > > > > > On Feb 2, 8:45 pm, Forrest <ftme...@me.com> wrote: > > > > > > > How capable are the Schwalbe Marathon Supremes for mild non-pavement > > > > > > riding -- e.g., gravel roads, crushed rock rail trails, and the > > > > > > like? > > > > > > Thanks, -- Forrest (in immediate-post-blizzard Iowa City)- Hide > > > > > > quoted text - > > > - Show quoted text -- 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.
