I think mine are worth it, as ar the XRs depending on your situation. I live in an area that seems to be paved with broken glass, goathead thorns, nails, screw, etc... Both of the above tires have performed exceptionally in the fight against fixing flats. I may loose a minute or five per hour compared to my bikes with slicks, but not too bad really. The XRs are bulletprof, but heavy and tend to wash out in turns if I do not keep my speed in check on the dirt. THe extremes make up for these short comings.
Take a look at wallbike.com I have had great service, and they do a decent job of keeping things in stock Rob On Feb 17, 7:32 am, Michael_S <[email protected]> wrote: > I've been running the Schwalbe Smart Sams in 700x40 on my Hillborne, > they are great in the dirt but a little noisy on pave. I'd like > something with less rolling resistance on road but workable on dirt, > and maybe the Extremes are the way to go... Hard to find in the 40 > width, only one online retailer has them and $65 a pop... are they > really worth it? > > Mike > > On Feb 17, 5:53 am, rperks <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > I have an 42 mm extreme on the back of my rawland with an XR up front, > > but can only compare to the XR that used to be in the rear. The > > reduction in weight is noticably large and the ride is much smoother > > quicker to spin etc. It is not close to the JB in pillow like > > smootheness, but definately passible for around town errands, and that > > includes 20 mile round trip farmers market runs. The buzz is barely > > there too, compared to the xr on an edge or the Panaracer fire crosses > > I also run from time to time. Then there is the dirt!!! the extreme > > holds in almost as well as the firecrosses, but without any of the > > penalty on the road. > > > Every time I think about putting true slicks on the Rawland, I hold > > off and figure I would be better served selling the firecrosses and > > buying another extreme, and calling it done. > > > Rob > > > On Feb 16, 11:37 pm, Earl Grey <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > I am running IRC Mythos XC Slick 42mm tires on my Sam, and am looking > > > for a dual purpose tire that leans a little more towards paved road > > > performance (let's say 75% road use, 25% dirt, but with some technical > > > stuff). The Mythos "Slick" is anything but slick. The center knobbies > > > are shorter, but of varying height, which creates a noticeable buzz on > > > pavement, though they grip great on hard dirt. > > > > I want a lively tire with low rolling resistance, and I don't want/ > > > need puncture protection (I hardly ever get flats, even on plain Jack > > > Browns off-road). > > > > Does anyone have experience with the Marathon Cross versus the > > > Marathon Extreme? Seems the Extreme might be the way to go, but I > > > wonder how the Cross compares. Extremes are wider (40mm versus 38) and > > > folding, so what do the Crosses have in their favor? > > > > Cheers, > > > > Gernot- 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 [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.
