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Old 04-04-14 | 06:52 PM
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Originally Posted by Zekethedego
...easy to manage when fixing a flat.
Yes, I was afraid from the horror stories that I would have a hard time mounting them, but they went on with fingers only no problem. And when I had to take one off beacuse I mounted it it backwards, that was also quite easy. Maybe because I've got x50, or maybe the horror stories are for some other flavor of the Marathon.

Rated to 85psi I regularly run mine at 100psi and have gotten 2 flats in six months
Goodness! What's the point of riding 40mm rubber if you're still going to pump it up to 100? Maybe if you dropped it to 60-70 you'd stop getting flats altogether!
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