Originally Posted by staehpj1

I too like Gatorskins, of the tires I have toured on they are my favorite. I used them on a number of longish tours including the ST, the Pacific Coast, and the southern half of the Sierra Cascades route and have been very happy with them. My only experience with Schwalbe was a pair of Marathon Pluses and a pair of Marathons. The Pluses rode like anchors and I hated them enough to take them off after a few hundred miles. The stiff sidewalls gave a poor ride feel and a lot of rolling resistance. Their weight was also excessive. The regular Marathons were OK as far as I could tell but they are on my folding bike so it is harder to tell how they are.