That may go a good way towards explaining the $43 price differential between the Overland at $88 and the Hurricane at $45
On Wednesday, August 9, 2023 at 2:49:16 PM UTC-5 Irving wrote: > I went through a similar exercise looking for tires to fit under SKS P65 > fenders on my Rivendell Hunqapillar. I ended up with Maxxis Torch 29x2.1's > but they didn't offer me enough fender clearance. They felt like a high > quality tire though from my initial rides around the city to test > clearance. I ended up replacing them with Schwalbe Marathon Almotion's > (VGuard's) <https://www.schwalbetires.com/Marathon-Almotion-11654059> and > those measure closer to 700x48 and feel slightly more durable but less > grippy. Note they have a reflective sidewall, so that may disqualify them > from your "no gumwalls or stripes!" disclaimer. > > Maybe the Vittoria Terreno Dry (comes in 700x50) > <https://www.vittoria.com/us/en/tires/gravel-cross/terreno-dry> or the G-One > Superground <https://www.schwalbe.com/en/tour-reader/schwalbe-g-one-speed> > as other alternatives. The G-One overland seems fine if you're riding more > dirt than pavement. I would recommend against the Hurricane just because > it's a wire bead tire, which are generally less fun to ride in my opinion. > > -Irving > SF, CA > On Wednesday, August 9, 2023 at 12:04:16 PM UTC-7 Matthew Williams wrote: > >> Hi everyone, >> >> I need a new set of durable-ish, puncture-resistant tires. >> >> Type of ride: Mostly long-distance rides on asphalt and concrete, and the >> occasional gravel or dirt path. >> >> Size: 700 x 50 >> >> Dealbreakers: I use tubes, and all-black sidewalls. No gumwalls or >> stripes! >> >> I’m curretly looking at these two Schwalbe options: >> >> G-One Overland: >> https://www.schwalbetires.com/Schwalbe-G-One-Overland-11654399 >> >> Hurricane: >> https://www.schwalbetires.com/Hurricane-11159185 >> >> Does anyone have experience with either of these tires? Are these good >> options? Or, can you make a recommendation for another tire that would work >> for me? >> >> As always, your experience, wisdom, and advice are welcomed and >> appreciated. >> > -- 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/f28b5b65-262b-45df-af2c-c6d8400fd233n%40googlegroups.com.
