Touring - Tires for the 26 Inch Wheeled LHT

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50 Mission Cap
05-29-09, 11:54 AM
What tires you guys use on your 26 inch wheeled LHT? After 1,200 miles my rear WTB slickasaurus is wearing pretty thin, and I'm getting some flats...

Thoughts?

blaise_f
05-29-09, 12:06 PM
<- 26x2.00 Marathon Supreme
50 Mission Cap
05-29-09, 12:09 PM
2.0 sounds a bit large...

what about these?

http://www.jensonusa.com/store/product/TI401B46-Schwalbe+Marathon+Tire.aspx

antokelly
05-29-09, 12:14 PM
supreams in smaller size 599x1.60 i think is the smallest, but i could be wrong everybody seem's to luv this tyre check it out.
jdom
05-29-09, 01:26 PM
I use the 26x1.75 Continental Travel Contacts,they have been a great tire so far.
The Smokester
05-29-09, 01:29 PM
I use the 26x1.75 Continental Travel Contacts,they have been a great tire so far.

+1

Over 4200 miles on the rear now and it looks like it will go at least another 4200!
positron
05-29-09, 03:22 PM
marathon supreme 1.6.

about 40 bucks from SJS cycles
lifeguardsteve
05-30-09, 06:46 AM
<- 26x2.00 marathon supreme

+1
E_merlin
05-30-09, 07:30 AM
+1

Over 4200 miles on the rear now and it looks like it will go at least another 4200!

M2 - love them
eofelis
05-30-09, 08:34 AM
I'm running 26x1.75 Conti Top Touring tires. Last year we did a 12 day 520 mile tour with no flats at all. I have slime tubes in mine. I'd like to go to Schwalbe tires but I'm going to run these Contis out.

We are leaving a an hour or so for a 7-10 day tour around SW Colorado so I'll see how they do again.
Thisisit
05-31-09, 10:22 AM
1.5 Schwalbe Marathon Racers. Been on since it was built up last august and 5,000km (3,000 on a recent New Zealand tour) and no flats to date. I really dig these tires, work great on any type of pavement and provide lots of comfort on gravel and dirt backroads.
sleizure
05-31-09, 11:26 PM
Moved from the "Suckasauruses" to the Marathon's in 1.75. Very happy.
MyWar
06-01-09, 03:50 AM
I'll just jump in and add that I, too, still have the slickasauruses on my LHT and they're absolutely horrendous. The rubber is really really soft. I get, on average, about one flat every 30-50 miles. If I had more money they would have been gone ages ago. I think that if you upgrade from these tires to anything that is remotely quality it would be an immense improvement.