The Kevlar ones have DoubleDefense, the wire ones RaceGuard puncture protection. My guess is that DoubleDefense weighs more and negates the folding bead weight advantage. Nice to see that the XR is back in a different guise (I got the last two 50x700C from Riv), though the Mondial doesn't come as wide and sounds like it has beefier puncture protection, which in my book is a drawback.
Gernot "I don't get flats [and when I do, I don't mind them]" Huber On Oct 23, 5:02 am, dougP <[email protected]> wrote: > Something about the weights doesn't seem right. In their other tires, > the folding (Aramid? Kevlar?) bead versions are usually quite a bit > lighter than the wire bead. This one seems to have comparable sizes > weigh the same or close to it. Of course, for that kind of dough I > want all the tire I can get; maybe there's a lot of rubber there. > > dougP > > On Oct 22, 1:34 pm, William <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > those look intriguing. Golly, it won't be long before we are paying >$100 > > per tire for a top notch tire. Good thing Schwalbes are good for many > > thousands of miles. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
