I'm very happy with the various Schwalbe tires I run on my bikes. The Marathon, Big Apple and Fat Franks have served me well over the years. This is one of my rainy day commuters with a Big Apple (front) and a Fat Frank. They roll well, are comfortable on urban streets with potholes and traintrack crossings and have yet to get punctures from all of the broken MadDog bottles, crack pipes and hypos I have to ride through.