I'd like to stay in the 25-28 mm range.

Also, I had just inspected my rear tire - the schwalbe durano plus. There are a lot of cuts on it, one in particular, is maybe 1/2 in long, running along one of the threads. It had a small rock stuck in it, so the gash is pretty deep....... I think I'm going to use this thing for the trainer from now on...

sorry I didn't come up with all this information earlier... But which tire will better handle these gnarly texas roads?


P.S. the marathon plus is 580 g?? WOW those must be some hefty tires.