Originally Posted by
PaulRivers
Interesting. I'm comparing based on their own ratings on their website, I haven't used either. My local shop tried to talk me into the Racers, but I was looking for a tire closer to the gp4000's and the racers were neither that skinny or that light.
I think what you wrote for the ratings is what I described looking at the site -
Kojak HS 385 | Schwalbe North America
Kojak HS 385 | Schwalbe North America
It's a little confusing because "5" is "5 grey boxes" whereas "6" is "5 blue boxes".
Fair enough, I don't have experience with either other than browsing the site. Schwalbe seems to think the Racers are faster and better than the Kojaks, but I could believe they have it mixed up.
The grey boxes are up to 5 with the applicable number being the ones that are filled in. Where the boxes are blue, I count 6 of them.
I think that the folding Racers (Evolution Line) are a very different tire from the wire bead Racers and I note that the write up below the ratings describes the folding bead Racer construction, not the wire bead Racers.