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[Lucydog]

Following on from the really interesting conversation on the Schwalbe Marathon Tyres I was wondering what everyone uses generally? Would you reccomend your tyres, how so they wear are the comfortable any problems etc etc etc.
So to start with I have Primo Orions which are so hard wearing Im sick of the sight of them. They hold air really well, have good grip and seem like an all round decent grey tyre.
I have Schwalbe red Right Runs. Brilliant, hard wearing and look cool. The disadvantge is thet the compond is very hard and I almost did my thumbs in trying to get them on the rims. Finally I have blue Kendas, They are wearing very bdly and I havent had them that long. Dont think I would buy them again.

Cheers
L

[Doppleganger]

Hi Lucy, as you may have read in the other thread I sold my soul to Schwalbe a long time ago

Schwalbe Homerun for the summer (for the 2 weeks of it we have in Sweden)
Schwalbe Marathon for everyday (ie: the local pub with broken glass on the floor)
Schwalbe Wildthing for the snow & mud

I gave up trying to fit the Schwalbe's myself on Spinergy wheels as I kept on tearing the inner-tubes, works out cheaper to pay the local bike shop to do it.

Before discovering Schwalbe I was a big Primo's fan but was always worried about getting punctures even with tubes full of 'Slime' and them only lasting about 6 months.

Edited by Doppleganger, 21 January 2008 - 05:40 PM.

[Motor]

Doppleganger, on Jan 21 2008, 12:37 PM, said:

Hi Lucy, as you may have read in the other thread I sold my soul to Schwalbe a long time ago

Schwalbe Homerun for the summer (for the 2 weeks of it we have in Sweden)
Schwalbe Marathon for everyday (ie: the local pub with broken glass on the floor)
Schwalbe Wildthing for the snow & mud

I gave up trying to fit the Schwalbe's myself on Spinergy wheels as I kept on tearing the inner-tubes, works out cheaper to pay the local bike shop to do it.

Before discovering Schwalbe I was a big Primo's fan but was always worried about getting punctures even with tubes full of 'Slime' and them only lasting about 6 months.

Hey how are you?

I have Spynergy wheels and tires. The new ones that never wear out. Don't go off road so not sure how they would work. On asphalt, cement and tile work great. Even move easy on carpet.

[russ1]

On my everyday chair I have some superb Hutchinson Top Slicks but I think they've stopped making them.

On my outside/offroad chair I generally have Continental Travel Contacts but these get swapped out for Panaracer Fire XC Pro's for use in the snow. Interesting to see the travel contacts now come with a 1 year no puncture guarantee.

On the handbike I use Continental Ultra Gator Skins which I've been very impressed with and may well put them on the everyday chair when the Hutchinsons wear out.

Edited by russ1, 21 January 2008 - 10:19 PM.

[rkzenrage]

My standard gray power-chair tires are fine except in any kind of sand, even a small amount on concrete... they just spin.

[a la carte]

Selection in 26" is very limited. I ended up with Kendas because of the tread pattern - I needed a pattern that would be easier to clean the mud out of each time I come in from the rain (aah, life in the Big Wet Spot). I use an old hair brush, then a rag. Hose works good, but it's very inconvenient on our small porch.

The Kendas are easier to clean than the others I've used (on my old 24" wheels), but I HATE the colored sidewalls and would PAY EXTRA for plain grey sidewalls and an easy-to-clean pattern!!!

[Bulky]

Day chair - Schwalbe Marathon Plus
I've tried lots of tyres but these outperform everything. For a tyre with soft compound n deep tread, the are not too bad on naked hands. Super puncture proof!

Day chair (power assisted) - Schwalbe Marathon Plus
See above.

Rugby chair - Kenda Iron Caps
I've only tried these and grey Chen Shin cheapies. The Chen Shins wore well but were slow. The Kendas were the converse. I wanna try Schwalbe Speedairs next.

[SuperDaz]

Ive just ordered a pair of Schwalbe Marathon tyres and fell out of my chair on the price..£22.00 a tyre!!

They had better be good fecking tyres!!

[FRANK6898]

Hi Superdaz,
Bromakin do the Schwalbe Marathon plus for £15.00 per tyre and £4.50 delivery.
They are good tyres, you wont be dissappointed I am sure.
Frank.

[Cheshire]

The chair I'm using now has solid-state tires: bloody hate them!! I've spun out on the simplest and stupidest of areas! The worst was in the movie theater going down the isle to a spot about halfway down. I grabbed the rims to stop like I normally do: the wheels stopped, then about 5 feet later the chair stopped crooked in the isle. I spun for a while before giving up and using armrests of the theater seats to go back uphill. Solid states are like having black ice everywhere.

I'm looking forward to getting pneumatics. I've already got Continental Gatorskins planned out. Used to use them on my bicycle when I was AB: I rode over just about everything at just about any condition. I abused those tires far beyond what they should have put up with. The only flat I ever got was a pinch flat, not a puncture...and that incident should've slightly taco'd my wheel. Kevlar-lined tires are awesome!

[Doppleganger]

SuperDaz, on Jan 23 2008, 12:48 PM, said:

Ive just ordered a pair of Schwalbe Marathon tyres and fell out of my chair on the price..£22.00 a tyre!!

Its a shame that there are still disabled equipment suppliers out that still want to rip off their customers. As said above £15 per tyre is best price! Nevertheless they'll be worth it and will last longer than most over options even if you have to pay a bike shop t fit them.