Cradle proof tyres

[chris_w_65]

Anybody tried these? My mate uses them in the UK and recommends them

 

http://www.wiggle.co.uk/schwalbe-marathon-plus-smartguard-city-tyre/

[Daniel XTR]

Mountain biker!

Prolly weighs a ton,

[chris_w_65]

Nope, road bike. It is ok if it is heavy, it is a training tyre. He probably has them on his fixie for when he does 70km rides

[Guest Big H]

Eeeeeek!!!!! They put permatubes in them!!!!!!

[GuyP]

My wife uses those Schwalbes with SmartGuard on all three her bikes now - road, hardtail and full suss - after her recent fun&games at the cradle, and has successfully pulled drawing pins out of them without getting a puncture. She won't ride anything else now, even though she carries a weight penalty. As a girl who often rides on her own, she says she simply doesn't need the uphill of a puncture, anywhere.

 

I ride them on my hardtail commuter. Man, they're heavy! But they're also fantastically durable, with 3700Km on mine so far with plenty tread remaining, even at the back! I don't want punctures commuting, especially given that there's so much glass around these days! I even pulled out a piece of wire last week that had penetrated about 3mm!

 

Highly recommended, but you couldn't ride these on a race machine!

[chris_w_65]

I have been reading some reviews.

They are very puncture resistant.

They are hard to mount and dismount and you would struggle to do it beside the road but it is extrmely unlikely that you would have to.

700c x 25 = R570g and 700c x 45 was about 1020g

[GuyP]

 

They are hard to mount and dismount and you would struggle to do it beside the road but it is extrmely unlikely that you would have to.

 

 

 

While harder to mount and dismount than 'normal' tyres, as long as you keep the beads in the centre of the rim during the process, I can mount them with my hands only, and dismount them with dodgy plastic levers. In the world of soft kevlar beads, people forget these little tricks!