I had a similar experience with Marathon's on my Hunqapillar. They were the slowest tires I have ever used, on any thing. I replaced them with larger (50mm) Schwalbe Big Ben and have been rolling happily ever since. The Big Ben is incredibly fast on pavement for a wide tire and the extra tread comes in to help on the soft ground and muddy st*uff.*
*Marc* On Tuesday, January 14, 2020 at 12:11:11 PM UTC-5, aeroperf wrote: > > My wife and I used to ride Schwalbe Marathons. Great tires for puncture > protection, but at 730 grams my wife said it always felt like riding > through mud. Never had a flat, though. > We went to Continental Ride Tour tires and they were an improvement - less > stiff and less heavy at 650 grams. She loves them. > I moved on to Continental Speed Ride tires. They only come in one size - > 622x42 at 495 grams. I have 5000 miles on my set and I love them. > I will occasionally re-mount the Ride Tours if I want to compare things > like tire widths or chain stay lengths. :-) > IMHO it is a trade-off between weight and puncture protection, and I’ll > take the risk for lighter weight. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/2f815598-cc3b-453b-861b-6f4ad3d11773%40googlegroups.com.
