I see that Schwalbe has the Marathon Racer in 700x38. Lighter by a slim margin than the Supreme 700x35. (430g compared to 440g). Sounds like a fun tire. I'm pretty happy with the Supremes at the moment, but haven't found them to be "bulletproof", exactly. Jim
On Aug 5, 3:12 pm, Seth Vidal <[email protected]> wrote: > On Wed, Aug 5, 2009 at 4:06 PM, Grant Petersen<[email protected]> wrote: > > Sch Mara Supreme 35s. Coly How! or the 40s. The 41s can measure anywhere btw > > 36 and 40, dpndn on the rim. On Keven's Open Pros: 36. On Synergy rims. > > about 40. Wider rims make wider tires. More so than I used to believe even > > 200 days ago. > > I have the schwalbe's and I think they are a bulletproof tire - but > I don't think I would describe them as 'fast-ish'. if my use were > commuting every day the schwalbes are I think the best choice - but > they sure feel sluggish and I think the tire tests from bicycle > quarterly bore that out. > > It might not matter but I sent an email to the nice people at cycles > grand bois asking about this in light of the readily available and > popular bikes which take 700c wheels and can handle tires > 35mm (riv, > surly, kogswell, etc). > > okay, this is the last time I'll whinge about wide 700c tires. > > -sv --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
