Tire survey
12-02-10 | 01:20 PM
#26
Stealing Spokes since 82'
Joined: Jan 2010
Posts: 1,875
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From: Boy-z, Ideeeho
Bikes: The always reliable kuwie
Entry Number:1
Brand name + model:Kenda Kwest
Tire size:26 x 1.5"
Tire pressure (psi): 70
How long used for:two months
Annual mileage:3000+mi
How many miles you get on the tires:700mi
Your weight (or leave blank):145
What kind of roads you ride (city, open road, mup etc):City, some mup
Number of flats per year:1 so far ran over drywall screw
Happiness with puncture resistance:Very much so.
Happiness with performance (grip, ride quality etc):Grip is all right, comfort is great
Previous tire used Panaracer Hiroad V
What tire will you try next:Not sure yet
Where do you live?Boise Idaho
Comments:I mainly bought the tires because i found them on sale for 20 bucks/pair shipped to my door and im cheap so i couldn't refuse the deal, i have the 90psi model but with how little i weight when commuting i keep the at about 70psi. This spring im gonna try them on a tour will probably bring the all the way up to 90 to handle the weight better. All in all its not a bad tire like i said the only flat i got was from a screw and it even managed to break a nipple so no complaints there, beware though make sure your rim is a 559 as it really doesn't like going on anything else.
Brand name + model:Kenda Kwest
Tire size:26 x 1.5"
Tire pressure (psi): 70
How long used for:two months
Annual mileage:3000+mi
How many miles you get on the tires:700mi
Your weight (or leave blank):145
What kind of roads you ride (city, open road, mup etc):City, some mup
Number of flats per year:1 so far ran over drywall screw
Happiness with puncture resistance:Very much so.
Happiness with performance (grip, ride quality etc):Grip is all right, comfort is great
Previous tire used Panaracer Hiroad V
What tire will you try next:Not sure yet
Where do you live?Boise Idaho
Comments:I mainly bought the tires because i found them on sale for 20 bucks/pair shipped to my door and im cheap so i couldn't refuse the deal, i have the 90psi model but with how little i weight when commuting i keep the at about 70psi. This spring im gonna try them on a tour will probably bring the all the way up to 90 to handle the weight better. All in all its not a bad tire like i said the only flat i got was from a screw and it even managed to break a nipple so no complaints there, beware though make sure your rim is a 559 as it really doesn't like going on anything else.
12-03-10 | 02:56 AM
#27
Senior Member
Joined: Jun 2006
Posts: 208
Likes: 0
From: Wiltshire, UK
Bikes: Genesis Equlibrium, Salsa Vaya, Claud Butler Urban 100
Brand name + model: Schwalbe Marathon Plus
Tire size: 700c x 35
Tire pressure (psi): 80
How long used for: 3 years
Annual mileage: 4500
How many miles you get on the tires: Front 14000+, Rear 7000
Your weight (or leave blank): 150 lbs
What kind of roads you ride (city, open road, mup etc): Mainly rural roads
Number of flats per year: 0.3 (large nail)
Happiness with puncture resistance: Very
Happiness with performance (grip, ride quality etc): Satisfactory
Previous tire used: Stock tyres
What tire will you try next: Same
Where do you live? UK
Tire size: 700c x 35
Tire pressure (psi): 80
How long used for: 3 years
Annual mileage: 4500
How many miles you get on the tires: Front 14000+, Rear 7000
Your weight (or leave blank): 150 lbs
What kind of roads you ride (city, open road, mup etc): Mainly rural roads
Number of flats per year: 0.3 (large nail)
Happiness with puncture resistance: Very
Happiness with performance (grip, ride quality etc): Satisfactory
Previous tire used: Stock tyres
What tire will you try next: Same
Where do you live? UK
12-03-10 | 03:44 AM
#28
Junior Member
Joined: Nov 2009
Posts: 9
Likes: 0
From: Porto - Portugal
Entry Number: 23
Brand name + model: Continental Ultra Sport
Tire size: 700c x 28
Tire pressure (psi): 115
How long used for: 10 months
Annual mileage: 2000 miles
How many miles you get on the tires: 932 miles
Your weight (or leave blank): 60kg
What kind of roads you ride (city, open road, mup etc): city + open road
Number of flats per year: 1
Happiness with puncture resistance: Could be happier
Happiness with performance (grip, ride quality etc): Not much grip in wet
Previous tire used: none
What tire will you try next: Undecided
Where do you live? Porto, Portugal
Brand name + model: Continental Ultra Sport
Tire size: 700c x 28
Tire pressure (psi): 115
How long used for: 10 months
Annual mileage: 2000 miles
How many miles you get on the tires: 932 miles
Your weight (or leave blank): 60kg
What kind of roads you ride (city, open road, mup etc): city + open road
Number of flats per year: 1
Happiness with puncture resistance: Could be happier
Happiness with performance (grip, ride quality etc): Not much grip in wet
Previous tire used: none
What tire will you try next: Undecided
Where do you live? Porto, Portugal
12-03-10 | 03:54 AM
#29
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Joined: Sep 2007
Posts: 27,266
Likes: 152
From: YEG
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Entry Number: 1
Brand name + model: Schwalbe Hurricane Sport
Tire size: 26 by 2.0
Tire pressure (psi): 70 psi
How long used for: 5 years plus
Annual mileage: 10,000 - 16,000 km on multiple bikes.
How many miles you get on the tires: 12,000 km and still going
Your weight (or leave blank): 145 pounds
What kind of roads you ride (city, open road, mup etc): road, trail, mup, singletrack, snow
Number of flats per year: 0
Happiness with puncture resistance: 10/10
Happiness with performance (grip, ride quality etc): 10/10
Previous tire used: many
What tire will you try next: Will replace with the same tyres.
Where do you live? Canuckistan
Comments: These tyres are pushing 12,000 km now and have never flatted, still look like they have a lot of life left in them, and served me well through 12 months of the year. Just picked up a new Hurricane as a possible spare and aside from the new lettering the new tyre and the old ones look like they have almost the same amount of tread.
I think I would be hard pressed to get better mileage from a Marathon and the Hurricane is lighter and rolls out just as quickly.
Brand name + model: Schwalbe Hurricane Sport
Tire size: 26 by 2.0
Tire pressure (psi): 70 psi
How long used for: 5 years plus
Annual mileage: 10,000 - 16,000 km on multiple bikes.
How many miles you get on the tires: 12,000 km and still going
Your weight (or leave blank): 145 pounds
What kind of roads you ride (city, open road, mup etc): road, trail, mup, singletrack, snow
Number of flats per year: 0
Happiness with puncture resistance: 10/10
Happiness with performance (grip, ride quality etc): 10/10
Previous tire used: many
What tire will you try next: Will replace with the same tyres.
Where do you live? Canuckistan
Comments: These tyres are pushing 12,000 km now and have never flatted, still look like they have a lot of life left in them, and served me well through 12 months of the year. Just picked up a new Hurricane as a possible spare and aside from the new lettering the new tyre and the old ones look like they have almost the same amount of tread.
I think I would be hard pressed to get better mileage from a Marathon and the Hurricane is lighter and rolls out just as quickly.
12-03-10 | 06:02 AM
#30
Junior Member
Joined: Nov 2010
Posts: 9
Likes: 0
From: Switzerland
Entry Number: 1
Brand name + model: Schwalbe Marathon Supreme
Tire size: 700 x 35C
Tire pressure (psi): 80
How long used for: 2 years
Annual mileage: 2000
How many miles you get on the tires: 2000 mi so far
Your weight (or leave blank): 80kg
What kind of roads you ride (city, open road, mup etc): city, open road, mup
Number of flats per year: none so far
Happiness with puncture resistance: very happy
Happiness with performance (grip, ride quality etc): very happy
Previous tire used: none in this spec
What tire will you try next: the same
Where do you live? Baden, Switzerland
Comments:
Brand name + model: Schwalbe Marathon Supreme
Tire size: 700 x 35C
Tire pressure (psi): 80
How long used for: 2 years
Annual mileage: 2000
How many miles you get on the tires: 2000 mi so far
Your weight (or leave blank): 80kg
What kind of roads you ride (city, open road, mup etc): city, open road, mup
Number of flats per year: none so far
Happiness with puncture resistance: very happy
Happiness with performance (grip, ride quality etc): very happy
Previous tire used: none in this spec
What tire will you try next: the same
Where do you live? Baden, Switzerland
Comments:
12-03-10 | 01:46 PM
#31
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Joined: May 2009
Posts: 1,645
Likes: 3
Entry Number: 1
Brand name + model: Kenda Kwests
Tire size: 700x28
Tire pressure (psi): 75 - 80 (max is 85psi)
How long used for: 1 yr
Annual mileage: 1200
How many miles you get on the tires: see above
Your weight (or leave blank):12 stones
What kind of roads you ride (city, open road, mup etc):gravel trail, broken roads, MUPs
Number of flats per year: 1 (but that's due to inside rim imperfection).
Happiness with puncture resistance: Of course!
Happiness with performance (grip, ride quality etc): Happy enough because they cost me $10/tire!
Previous tire used: Bontrager something.
What tire will you try next: Kenda Kwest likely. But I have a set of Panaracer RibMo that I got for dirt cheap. Would like to try Continentals
Where do you live? Not US
Comments: For the money, I am happy with the Kendas. They are a bit heavy and the sidewall is hard! A beotch to mount vs. the Specialized. However I cannot complain much considering I got them at $10/tire and the ground surface I subject them to.
Brand name + model: Kenda Kwests
Tire size: 700x28
Tire pressure (psi): 75 - 80 (max is 85psi)
How long used for: 1 yr
Annual mileage: 1200
How many miles you get on the tires: see above
Your weight (or leave blank):12 stones
What kind of roads you ride (city, open road, mup etc):gravel trail, broken roads, MUPs
Number of flats per year: 1 (but that's due to inside rim imperfection).
Happiness with puncture resistance: Of course!
Happiness with performance (grip, ride quality etc): Happy enough because they cost me $10/tire!
Previous tire used: Bontrager something.
What tire will you try next: Kenda Kwest likely. But I have a set of Panaracer RibMo that I got for dirt cheap. Would like to try Continentals
Where do you live? Not US
Comments: For the money, I am happy with the Kendas. They are a bit heavy and the sidewall is hard! A beotch to mount vs. the Specialized. However I cannot complain much considering I got them at $10/tire and the ground surface I subject them to.
Last edited by wunderkind; 12-03-10 at 01:50 PM.
12-03-10 | 04:46 PM
#32
2 Old 2 B New B
Joined: Mar 2009
Posts: 124
Likes: 2
From: East Bay Area
Bikes: '09 Trek 7.5 FX, '90 Trek Antelope 830, '07 Dahon Mariner
Entry Number: 1
Brand name + model: Bontrager Race Lite Hardcase
Tire size: 700 x 32
Tire pressure (psi): 110, but I usually run 95 to 100 <-- Are you asking what psi you use, or what the tire can take?
How long used for: 1 year, 1 month
Annual mileage: 1800
How many miles you get on the tires: So far 1900
Your weight (or leave blank):197
What kind of roads you ride (city, open road, mup etc): All of these
Number of flats per year: 4 to 5
Happiness with puncture resistance: Somewhat as one puncture was due to a carpet tack, another was a sidewall splinter from wood debris, the other thorns. The tread area seems puncture resistant but not the shoulders next to the tread.
Happiness with performance (grip, ride quality etc): Happy. Ride is nice. Only one grip issue, but it was due to rain wet pavement paint, probably my fault. Rolling resistance seems OK.
Previous tire used: Michelin City, which I thought were too heavy
What tire will you try next: Gatorskins in 700 x 28, probably, or perhaps Panaracers
Where do you live? CA Bay Area
Comments: These were stock tires on my Trek 7.5 FX. I like light tires with good puncture resistance, and ability to take at least 90 psi. These Bontragers seem to be a good compromise. I'd buy them again but they seem to be hard to find and fairly expensive.
Brand name + model: Bontrager Race Lite Hardcase
Tire size: 700 x 32
Tire pressure (psi): 110, but I usually run 95 to 100 <-- Are you asking what psi you use, or what the tire can take?
How long used for: 1 year, 1 month
Annual mileage: 1800
How many miles you get on the tires: So far 1900
Your weight (or leave blank):197
What kind of roads you ride (city, open road, mup etc): All of these
Number of flats per year: 4 to 5
Happiness with puncture resistance: Somewhat as one puncture was due to a carpet tack, another was a sidewall splinter from wood debris, the other thorns. The tread area seems puncture resistant but not the shoulders next to the tread.
Happiness with performance (grip, ride quality etc): Happy. Ride is nice. Only one grip issue, but it was due to rain wet pavement paint, probably my fault. Rolling resistance seems OK.
Previous tire used: Michelin City, which I thought were too heavy
What tire will you try next: Gatorskins in 700 x 28, probably, or perhaps Panaracers
Where do you live? CA Bay Area
Comments: These were stock tires on my Trek 7.5 FX. I like light tires with good puncture resistance, and ability to take at least 90 psi. These Bontragers seem to be a good compromise. I'd buy them again but they seem to be hard to find and fairly expensive.
12-04-10 | 10:14 AM
#33
Senior Member
Joined: Apr 2006
Posts: 1,840
Likes: 0
From: San Jose, CA
Bikes: Bianchi San Remo - set up as a utility bike, Peter Mooney Road bike, Peter Mooney commute bike,Dahon Folder,Schwinn Paramount Tandem
Entry Number: 1 ( Custom steel frame commuting bike )
Brand name + model: Schwalbe Marathon Plus
Tire size: 700C25
Tire pressure (psi): 80-90
How long used for: new bike - 1 year
Annual mileage: 3000
How many miles you get on the tires: Minimal wear showing
Your weight (or leave blank): 175
What kind of roads you ride (city, open road, mup etc): City
Number of flats per year: 0
Happiness with puncture resistance:
Happiness with performance (grip, ride quality etc):
Previous tire used: N/A
What tire will you try next: Why change?
Where do you live? San Jose, CA
Entry Number: 2 ( Utility bike on old touring frame )
Brand name + model: Schwalbe Marathon Plus
Tire size: 700C28
Tire pressure (psi): 80
How long used for: several years
Annual mileage: 2000
How many miles you get on the tires: Rear tire has 8500 miles on it, tread almost gone.
Your weight (or leave blank): 175
What kind of roads you ride (city, open road, mup etc): City
Number of flats per year: 0 No flats over life of tire.
Happiness with puncture resistance:
Happiness with performance (grip, ride quality etc):
Previous tire used: Vittoria Radoneur
What tire will you try next: Why change?
Where do you live? San Jose, CA
Comments:
Brand name + model: Schwalbe Marathon Plus
Tire size: 700C25
Tire pressure (psi): 80-90
How long used for: new bike - 1 year
Annual mileage: 3000
How many miles you get on the tires: Minimal wear showing
Your weight (or leave blank): 175
What kind of roads you ride (city, open road, mup etc): City
Number of flats per year: 0
Happiness with puncture resistance:
Happiness with performance (grip, ride quality etc):
Previous tire used: N/A
What tire will you try next: Why change?
Where do you live? San Jose, CA
Entry Number: 2 ( Utility bike on old touring frame )
Brand name + model: Schwalbe Marathon Plus
Tire size: 700C28
Tire pressure (psi): 80
How long used for: several years
Annual mileage: 2000
How many miles you get on the tires: Rear tire has 8500 miles on it, tread almost gone.
Your weight (or leave blank): 175
What kind of roads you ride (city, open road, mup etc): City
Number of flats per year: 0 No flats over life of tire.
Happiness with puncture resistance:
Happiness with performance (grip, ride quality etc):
Previous tire used: Vittoria Radoneur
What tire will you try next: Why change?
Where do you live? San Jose, CA
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