Schwalbe Marathon Tyres

Ed said:

I got some of these to speed my cycling up a bit. Whilst there is a
lot less rolling resistance, I find them a bit heavy. I guess it's the
kevlar. I don't want to be too critical of them as they seem like
really good tyres. Has anyone else found them a bit slower than they
hoped, though?

Had a set on the MTB. They were a good bit slower than the Schwalbe city
jets I fitted afterwards, and IMO not much faster than proper knobblies.

"Doki" <[email hidden]> wrote in news:[email hidden]:

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Ed said:

I got some of these to speed my cycling up a bit. Whilst there is a
lot less rolling resistance, I find them a bit heavy. I guess it's the
kevlar. I don't want to be too critical of them as they seem like
really good tyres. Has anyone else found them a bit slower than they
hoped, though?

Had a set on the MTB. They were a good bit slower than the Schwalbe city
jets I fitted afterwards, and IMO not much faster than proper knobblies.

I find them faster than other slicks as I don't have to stop and fix
p*nct*res every other trip.

Now I've said it though...

--
Chris

Monkey Hanger said:

"Doki" <[email hidden]> wrote in
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Ed said:

I got some of these to speed my cycling up a bit. Whilst there is a
lot less rolling resistance, I find them a bit heavy. I guess it's
the kevlar. I don't want to be too critical of them as they seem
like really good tyres. Has anyone else found them a bit slower
than they hoped, though?

Had a set on the MTB. They were a good bit slower than the Schwalbe
city jets I fitted afterwards, and IMO not much faster than proper
knobblies.

I find them faster than other slicks as I don't have to stop and fix
p*nct*res every other trip.

Now I've said it though...

The city jets are pretty good on punctures too, AFAIK. That said, I've not
done many miles on them.

On Wed, 13 Oct 2004 07:02:32 +0100, "Doki" <[email hidden]>

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I find them faster than other slicks as I don't have to stop and fix
p*nct*res every other trip.

Now I've said it though...

The city jets are pretty good on punctures too, AFAIK. That said, I've not
done many miles on them.

I've been riding Cityjets for about 4 months and I was 26 stone when I
first started riding and no punctures for me. Perhaps any tyre would
have performed the same I don't know. I've done about 250-300 miles on
them so far.

Ed said:

I got some of these to speed my cycling up a bit. Whilst there is a
lot less rolling resistance, I find them a bit heavy. I guess it's the
kevlar. I don't want to be too critical of them as they seem like
really good tyres. Has anyone else found them a bit slower than they
hoped, though?

No, but OTOH I didn't think they'd be particularly fast: they're a
bombproof touring tyre with a fair bit of tread, after all. If you want
to go /fast/ then use Stelvios, not Marathons.

Pete.
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On Wed, 13 Oct 2004 07:02:32 +0100, "Doki" <[email hidden]>

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I find them faster than other slicks as I don't have to stop and fix
p*nct*res every other trip.

Now I've said it though...

The city jets are pretty good on punctures too, AFAIK. That said, I've not
done many miles on them.

I've been riding Cityjets for about 4 months and I was 26 stone when I
first started riding and no punctures for me. Perhaps any tyre would
have performed the same I don't know. I've done about 250-300 miles on
them so far.

At a rough guess I've done about 4000 miles on my marathons. They look
slightly worn, but as I say, no p*nct*res.

--
Chris

Peter Clinch said:

If you want to go /fast/ then use Stelvios, not Marathons.

I used Stelvios from April to September this year. I didn't find them
to be any faster than the Marathons that they replaced, which was
surprising and disappointing.

The only real difference I noticed was that the Marathons (being wider
and being pumped to only 100psi rather than 115 for the Stelvios) give a
more comfortable ride.

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