Originally Posted by Leiniesred

Wanderer: I went to Waubonsie Valley High School and I saw Wayne's World IN Aurora!

I have Kenda Kwests on my Bianchi Milano. 26x1.5" 65 PSI. This is my second set of these tires.
The original red sidewall tires lasted about 20,000 miles. The green-er "Celeste" Kenda Kwests I'm running now will probably go about the same. They work fine on wet pavement, only OK on wet grass or mud. (I ride some singletrack on them)

I have rolled the Scwalbe Big Apples. Yes, they are super comfortable without much drag, but I hit a skim of mud, crashed and broke my arm on those tires so I can't recommend them. *laughs* I think they only had about 2,500 miles on them when I crashed. Wrinkled bolonga skin tread pattern wasn't enough that morning.
The Big apples were of the 2.3" variety (huge) on a mt. bike. They were slicker than the Kwests have proven in the rain and very slick on wet grass. Only the true slicks I've commuted on were worse in the wet stuff.

Anyway, the Kwests are inexpensive, last forever and are fairly tough with enough traction for everything but ice. They did well until they were paper thin. Then everything started pokin' holes in 'em.
I think they would be a dandy tire for the Prairie Path or the Fox River trail where you are on both paved and non-paved MUPS with occasional "detours" on real off-road sections. They would probably let your grand daughter run 1 higher gear than the knobbies and extend her ride-range a little bit.

Ah the Prairie Path...I was just a little shaver (maybe 3-4th grade?) with a 24" American Eagle road bike...
Just about every weekend I would take off alone down that trail and ride all day. Great adventures. There was still a lot of evidence of the old rail line back then. The crumbling platforms, old rail bridges, missing bridges...The trail was far from complete at that time. I would visit the library and check out maps and try to figure out how to get through Wheaton where the trail disapeared in town. Later, in high school. I would ride from Naperville back to Lombard to visit my old friends. I would also go north clear to Elgin to visit my girlfriend.