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After experiencing an unrepairable flat, for many years, I rode to work on a "Stumpjumper" (MTB) equipped with the Schwable Marathon Plus Tyres, they proved to be bomb proof road tyres and as it was an MTB I wasn't that concerned about the additional weight over puncture performance.
We recently purchased a couple of "cheap" e-bikes to test and gain experience of before launching into the higher end stuff.
In the back of my mind I had a feeling that I should be replacing the tyres or fitting some kind of liner between the inner tyre and the tube. But I also wanted to take the bikes out for a quick test too.
Bike 1 test 12 miles, took my bikepack with me, no issues.
Bike 2 test 5 Km, no bikepack, puncture on rear hub drive!
So I've invested in a pair of Schwable Marathon E Plus tyres that arrived today, I'm not sure that I need the "E" bit at 15 Mph, but the Std Marathon Plus wasn't available in 27.5" x 2", and I wanted to keep the width for Trekking (more comfort on hard pack).
A quick comparison between the two shows not a lot of difference, the tread is perhaps 1 mm deeper, but no more, and with a claim of being able to roll over a drawing pin from both, I'm hoping I won't be fixing any puncture in the near future.
Does anyone else run these, or something similar ?
Marathon Plus tread...
Marathon E Plus...
Cheers
Red.
We recently purchased a couple of "cheap" e-bikes to test and gain experience of before launching into the higher end stuff.
In the back of my mind I had a feeling that I should be replacing the tyres or fitting some kind of liner between the inner tyre and the tube. But I also wanted to take the bikes out for a quick test too.
Bike 1 test 12 miles, took my bikepack with me, no issues.
Bike 2 test 5 Km, no bikepack, puncture on rear hub drive!
So I've invested in a pair of Schwable Marathon E Plus tyres that arrived today, I'm not sure that I need the "E" bit at 15 Mph, but the Std Marathon Plus wasn't available in 27.5" x 2", and I wanted to keep the width for Trekking (more comfort on hard pack).
A quick comparison between the two shows not a lot of difference, the tread is perhaps 1 mm deeper, but no more, and with a claim of being able to roll over a drawing pin from both, I'm hoping I won't be fixing any puncture in the near future.
Does anyone else run these, or something similar ?
Marathon Plus tread...
Marathon E Plus...
Cheers
Red.
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