Schwalbe Marathon Plus Tour
woollypigs I have been running Schwalbe Marathon Plus 700x35c (37-622) and Peli the 26×1.35 (35-559), with great success. I think I have had only one visit in 8,000 miles and that…
tyres
Fitting Schwalbe tyres
Armed with my best swear words and tyre levers I set upon my quest of swapping our tyres around. We have been running the ever so brilliant Marathon Plus, which…
Tyre belt
Recognize these ? I have now found a use for the “wonderful” Dahon Special Edition Schwalbe Stelvio tyres, a belt ! My friend Bettina of velo-re.com fame, got the tyres…
Ghostbusters or Father Merrin
A few weeks ago I blogged about Ghost visitations and since then we have had more. First it was my Surly LHT that had its back wheel playing up, then…
2000 miles
Today I passed the 2000 miles mark on my little Tank the Surly Long Haul Trucker o/ Why haven't I listened to others before, kinda kicking myself here, when they…
Dahon Speed Pro TT, 2008
Me and Chutney (a Dahon Speed Pro TT, 2008) on the top of Tourmalet. Description: (From their site) The Speed Pro TT is the bike for the serious roadie who…
Readers of this blog …
… will know about me and my tyres by now. I managed to hunt down some new tyres for my Dahon Speed Pro TT o/ I had a look at…
Tyres, tyres, tyres …
… my kingdom for some tyres that work. I got 4 bikes that I use a lot, and all run different tyres. I pretty much tend to ride on road…
Isn’t 20″ …
… 20″ ? Ordered some Schwalbe Stelvio with RaceGuard (20″ x 1″ 1/8) at my local bike shop. Only to find out that 20″ x 1″ 1/8 is not 20″…
Open letter to Schwalbe
As you might have seen I have had my fair share of a moan about these tyres. 1200 miles. And then I spotted this recall which I just had to…