Originally Posted by
DukeArcher
The Marathon XR generally lasts longer than the Supreme and the Marathon Plus, and has a more versatile tread, but has less puncture protection than them.
The Travel Contact rolls very well. I will be using these until I get to Turkey, then swapping over to the XRs.
So you are basically saying:
toughness: XR > supreme, plus > travel contact
and the converse for rolling resistance etc. Despite this, however, you still prefer the travel contact where you can expect roads to be decent. Thanks,
pete