cacique
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Hi all,
Tedious newbie question coming up.
Though I have dutifully searched through all previous tyre threads I can't find exactly the answers i'm seeking.
So, lucky me, i'm off on a ride from the UK to the Swiss Alps in a month or so mostly across NE france. I will be on my aging but trusty Cannodale MTB pulling my equally venerable bobYak.
My tyre question then:
Need to replace my 26" x 2.0" Nokian AMS tyres. As these are no longer made, what should I run instead?
I am no stranger to touring on fat 26" slicks though that is making life hard for myself in terms of rolling resistance I know. But I run em good and hard to be fast; they are comfortable: seem to puncture less: (though the logic of that escapes me) and they avoid that skeletal look MTB's take on with skinny slicks.
What do we think of this list of possible alternatives:-
Conti's:
city contact reflex 1.75" or 2.1" about 700g and about 20 quid
contact reflex 1.75 690g also about 20 quid
Shwalbe:
marathon supreme 2.0" 40 quid
marathon extreme 2.0" 40 quid
marathon XR 2.0" 40 quid
Nokian:
ultra tour 2 PCR 1.9 about 600g I think 15 quid
Any comments on these; what else should I be looking at; why do lots of touring tyres have a all over tread and so called city tyres only water channels, sometimes just on the edges; and what is so special about Shwalbes they need to be so pricey?
So many questions....look forward to any opinions.
Tedious newbie question coming up.
Though I have dutifully searched through all previous tyre threads I can't find exactly the answers i'm seeking.
So, lucky me, i'm off on a ride from the UK to the Swiss Alps in a month or so mostly across NE france. I will be on my aging but trusty Cannodale MTB pulling my equally venerable bobYak.
My tyre question then:
Need to replace my 26" x 2.0" Nokian AMS tyres. As these are no longer made, what should I run instead?
I am no stranger to touring on fat 26" slicks though that is making life hard for myself in terms of rolling resistance I know. But I run em good and hard to be fast; they are comfortable: seem to puncture less: (though the logic of that escapes me) and they avoid that skeletal look MTB's take on with skinny slicks.
What do we think of this list of possible alternatives:-
Conti's:
city contact reflex 1.75" or 2.1" about 700g and about 20 quid
contact reflex 1.75 690g also about 20 quid
Shwalbe:
marathon supreme 2.0" 40 quid
marathon extreme 2.0" 40 quid
marathon XR 2.0" 40 quid
Nokian:
ultra tour 2 PCR 1.9 about 600g I think 15 quid
Any comments on these; what else should I be looking at; why do lots of touring tyres have a all over tread and so called city tyres only water channels, sometimes just on the edges; and what is so special about Shwalbes they need to be so pricey?
So many questions....look forward to any opinions.