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10-04-16 | 07:06 AM

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Originally Posted by Sharpshin

Good suggestion, tks.

In four years of commuting I have terminally damaged two Gatorskins, one Marathon Plus Tour, two Conti Town and Countrys and one Panracer Pasela. Obviously it would be cheaper and less hassle if I could extend the life of some of these.

In the meantime, I am curious to try the Marathon Plus. Besides rolling resistance Schwalbe claims low rolling resistance as well. There's a couple of more off-road/world tour oriented tires I'd like to try too, but I cant fit wider than a 32mm tire under fenders on my old Voyageur.

Mike

I'm not sure what you are doing but you probably need to stop doing it

I've worn out all kinds of tires in 35+ years of commuting and touring but I haven't really damaged too many tires while doing it...and that includes off-road riding while both commuting and touring. To be honest, about the only tires that have ever given me problems consistently have been Continentals. I simply refuse to use any of them anymore.

I am glad to see that it's not my imagination that Continentals have problems. Seems like lots of others have issues with them as well.

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