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Old 01-17-07, 09:23 AM
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Originally Posted by jimblairo
The XR's will be in stock next week and I will be using them on my mountain and touring bikes. The 26x2 are 595 gms. vs 980 for the marathon plus. That is a lot of weight. The XR's are also folding and I can carry a spare.

Look at the tube weights as you can get tubes that range from 95gms to 180gms.
The folding 26 x 2.0 XRs are 790gms on the Schwalbe website. Did you mean the marathon supreme?
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