Originally Posted by
fietsbob
go by the ETRO numbers schwalbe has molds for many tires sizes, all are good.
Thor has this link on his site to a video about Schwalbe and their design and production methods:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature...&v=M9RzJAWvOMQ
It is well worth watching and gave me considerable confidence in the brand and how they do things. It is rare for a manufacturer to give credit to their suppliers, as Schwalbe so clearly does in this video for the company that actually manufactures their tires. I'm assuming that manufacturing tires in Germany would entail enormously increased costs and environmental regulations, that are not present in Indonesia. Also, the raw materials needed in manufacturing are presumably much closer to the plant they use than they are to Germany. Nonetheless, it is refreshing to see a famous company give credit where credit is due. I'm sure there are several other very good bike tire manufacturers out there, but perhaps none of the rest of them, companies like Continental and Michelin, limit themselves solely to bicycle tires.