Schwalbe
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Pros
- Will have to look around for tires, 5 i see schwalbe ones in 650b quite frequently.
- It's been proven time and again, by everybody from the engineers at famous German bike tire companies like Schwalbe and Continental, to Tour de France champions, to duffers like me, that **wider tires are better**.
- you'll get to have much better ones if you get them from more established brands such as Continental, Pirelli or Panaracer (Schwalbe, Michelin and others also make good tyres).
- If you are just riding a bit dusty, double Aspen (or similar from schwalbe or Vittoria or whoever) might be good.
Cons
- both Schwalbe and Conti offer only wire bead models at gravel sizes and going tubeless on those migth not work.
- I'm going to go for 50-55's of some model (likely Schwalbe's) when they wear out just to experiment
- Schwalbe is having some sort of supply issues. Try WalMart online they had Schwalbes that I needed that were scarce and vendors were charging 3x retail for.
- Read this. First mentioned was the German tire brand Schwalbe.
- Maxxis or Continental, imo. I’ve ridden these and the Schwabes. Schwalbes’ grip is not on par.
Sentiment
4 positive (40%) · 2 mixed (20%) · 4 negative (40%)
Trust + time weighted score: -3% · raw score 0%
What redditors said (10 of 10)
both Schwalbe and Conti offer only wire bead models at gravel sizes and going tubeless on those migth not work.
Will have to look around for tires, 5 i see schwalbe ones in 650b quite frequently.
I'm going to go for 50-55's of some model (likely Schwalbe's) when they wear out just to experiment
Schwalbe is having some sort of supply issues. Try WalMart online they had Schwalbes that I needed that were scarce and vendors were charging 3x retail for.
Read this. First mentioned was the German tire brand Schwalbe.
It's been proven time and again, by everybody from the engineers at famous German bike tire companies like Schwalbe and Continental, to Tour de France champions, to duffers like me, that **wider tires are better**.
you'll get to have much better ones if you get them from more established brands such as Continental, Pirelli or Panaracer (Schwalbe, Michelin and others also make good tyres).
Maxxis or Continental, imo. I’ve ridden these and the Schwabes. Schwalbes’ grip is not on par.
You might look at Schwalbe or Rene Herse as alternatives.
If you are just riding a bit dusty, double Aspen (or similar from schwalbe or Vittoria or whoever) might be good.
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