SCHWALBE Marathon Plus HS Wire Tire

Really like the tires, best tires I've ever had

Parfait !

I have the giant quick-e bike. The schwalbe big ben tires that came with it wore out quickly (okay okay, 3500 miles to bald) but more importantly were extremely puncture prone. But, they weren't really designed to be puncture resistant. I was getting a flat a week on my city streets. I replaced them with these and the narrrower tire handles better and so far, no flats. It's hard to find inner tubes quite small enough for 650b x 1.5", since most tires in this size are 2", but schwalbe does make the tubes that are *just* small enough. A thick tire with a steel bead is indeed hard to install, but I believe in you. I'm a noob and it took me about 20-30 minutes / tire with tire levers. Still, I'll trade that difficulty against having to repair flats on a thinner tire on a weekly basis. I commute daily.

These are among best tires you can get for commuters, fitness/leisure cyclists etc. they can last for years, thousands of miles and punctures will be very rare. They are heavy but good quality and the cost is covered by not having to change tires, inner tubes etc... Have been using them for years.

I ordered 2x20" Marathon Plus tyres for a fold up bike. If they are heavier than ́normal’ tyres I didn’t notice. I mounted each tyre in six minutes, by hand, no tools needed except two cable ties per tyre and tire levers to remove the old tyres so I don’t understand the scare stories about being hard to mount. I did a couple of test runs, about 20 mins in total and so far I feel no difference when riding between the old and new tyres. That was on asphalt. So looking good...