I've been using the Supremes for loaded touring for two summers now - on and off road. I've used 26x50 and 700x50 on a Long Haul Trucker and Bombadil, respectively, and they are wonderful. The extra cush factor dampens road vibration and soaks up rim damaging bumps. I've become a total fat tire convert for loaded touring.
I've had one flat in about 1600 miles even though I ride with abandon through all the roadside crap - I'm not careful at all. In fact, I tend to seek out bad conditions just to see what the tires can take! It's a far cry from the old days when I'd fret about riding through patches of glass and I'd dread taking my road touring bike on gravel roads. Last summer we took an unpaved route option on the Adventure Cycling Sierra Cascades route. While Pamela was challenged riding her 700x32 Pasela's over some of the loose stuff we encountered, I cruised easily with the 26x50's. Dave On Feb 2, 6:45 pm, Forrest <[email protected]> wrote: > How capable are the Schwalbe Marathon Supremes for mild non-pavement > riding -- e.g., gravel roads, crushed rock rail trails, and the like? > Thanks, -- Forrest (in immediate-post-blizzard Iowa City) -- 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.
