Originally Posted by
sd5782
I’ve had reasonable luck with the venerable Kenda K35 over the years. It has the classic look that seems appropriate on my Schwinn SuperSport that was my only bike for decades. I wasn’t really much of an enthusiast then, and pumped them up to 85 lbs on the non hooked Weinmann rims and never had one blow off. I didn’t know any better, but now I ride with 60-65 lbs. They look the part for a stock looking build, but if I’m going for ride quality, it is always Paselas now. I also have many more bikes now, but restored one to remind me of my past.
Nice Super Sport
sd5782 right down to the tires and toe straps. The Kenda K35 appear to be "inspired" by the Schwinn LeTour tire that was Schwinn's 1-1/4", better tire offering. At this time Schwinn was loosing sales to lighter weight bikes. One of the moves that Schwinn made to counter that is to get good riding tires with lower rolling resistance made (or perhaps the tires already existed and they just put the Schwinn label on it) and publish results so that they could show that even with a little more heft, their bikes rolled easier. Both the Letour and the 1-1/8" Super Record tire had a raised center on the tire tread. You still see this and the same tread pattern on the Kenda K35's. From my memory the Kenda K35 and the Schwinn LeTour tire look like the same tire. Or it could just be inspired by the LeTour.