Tonqin
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I got a pair of Schwalbe Marathon Almotion tubeless in 700x38c for another bike I'm building and decided to try them out on the Turbo to get a feel for them and compare to my Energizer Plus tyres (700x47c).
I mounted the front onto my MTB wheel tubeless and the rear on the Turbo with a tube, I found these tyres extremely tight to get on the rims but super easy to inflate and get the beads to set on the tubeless wheel.
Wow - they roll with less effort and grip better. Direction change is noticeably quicker. Dry, wet and light gravel performance is much superior to Energizer plus.
The differences are probably down to better rubber and tyre size but for a fast ride these are great.
The only downsides are they aren't available any wider than 38c so the tyre diameter is smaller and I'm hesitant to commute on them since they're such a pain to get on and off the rim incase I get a puncture.
In fact they are so hard to mount I'm hesitant to run them on my other bike.
Hope someone finds this info useful, I could of...
I mounted the front onto my MTB wheel tubeless and the rear on the Turbo with a tube, I found these tyres extremely tight to get on the rims but super easy to inflate and get the beads to set on the tubeless wheel.
Wow - they roll with less effort and grip better. Direction change is noticeably quicker. Dry, wet and light gravel performance is much superior to Energizer plus.
The differences are probably down to better rubber and tyre size but for a fast ride these are great.
The only downsides are they aren't available any wider than 38c so the tyre diameter is smaller and I'm hesitant to commute on them since they're such a pain to get on and off the rim incase I get a puncture.
In fact they are so hard to mount I'm hesitant to run them on my other bike.
Hope someone finds this info useful, I could of...
