Fantastic tyres

in message <[email hidden]>, Linger

(') said:

Best of all they've made me realise what a fantastic bike my Marin is.
So smooth and not a single rattle in 12 years!
It's seen some use, tours of Ireland and every weekend in the Gower
when I lived there.
Are the new ones as good or have they slipped? They seem quite
expensive now. I paid about £500 for mine when it was new.

Don't know about Marin specifically, but most mountain bikes are
enormously better - lighter, stronger, capable of coping with more
difficult terrain - than they were twelve years ago. Indeed Marin must
be better too, because they do OK in competition. However, if you're
putting City Jets on it, you probably want a hybrid not a mountain bike.

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Simon Brooke said:

in message <[email hidden]>, Linger

(') said:

Best of all they've made me realise what a fantastic bike my Marin is.
So smooth and not a single rattle in 12 years!
It's seen some use, tours of Ireland and every weekend in the Gower
when I lived there.
Are the new ones as good or have they slipped? They seem quite
expensive now. I paid about õ00 for mine when it was new.

Don't know about Marin specifically, but most mountain bikes are
enormously better - lighter, stronger, capable of coping with more
difficult terrain - than they were twelve years ago. Indeed Marin must
be better too, because they do OK in competition. However, if you're
putting City Jets on it, you probably want a hybrid not a mountain bike.

Provided the rider did not need a proper moutain bike I think most
people would prefer the corresponding Marin hybrid to the 1994 Bear
Valley. For an extra £50 quid you would of got the Sausalito which
had the same finish as the Bear Valley but had a few advantages. There
were only three bikes in the Marin range at that time which were
lighter. I think the lightest was the £800 Redwood hybrid (which was
the same frame as the Sausalito but had better components), followed
by the £1200 Team Marin and the £1000 Pine Mountain MTB. A couple of
years later a number of the bikes switched to aluminium and the best
of these MTBs were also lighter. The Sausalito with its closely
spaced 700CX cassette (HG70 7 speed 11-19) and 400CX "rapid fire
plus" shifters was great fun.

I had a Sausalito and once I got rid of the supplied tyres and had the
machine built wheels rebuilt it became a great bike. I replaced
components with better components as they wore out which resulted in
an even better hybrid. I wish I still had it, but a car killed it. I
was stopped in a traffic queue when the car behind moved forward and
broke the rear triangle. I do not know how the wheel survived. At
the time I thought just the rack was bent, which I bent back. As I
had "fixed" it I did not even say anything to the driver, although I
thought some very bad words. I discovered the truth too late.

Linger said:

Hi, I delurking. I'm back in the saddle after a few years.
I came back as I have an ankle injury from a motorcycle crash (enduro)
and I can't run at the moment.
Anyway, I dragged my 12 year old Marin Bear Valley out of the shed and went
for a ride,
had a nasty moment on the road and decided that since I now live in Essex
and not Swansea
I need some road tyres. I saw on here that a few of you were praising
Schwalbe. so I bought some city jets.
All I can say is "wow!" the ride is silent, and smooth. They enhance my
riding.

Personally I found them terrifying in the wet!

"Zog The Undeniable" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
news:43ce9de4.0@entanet...

Quoted message said:

Linger said:

Hi, I delurking. I'm back in the saddle after a few years.
I came back as I have an ankle injury from a motorcycle crash (enduro)
and I can't run at the moment.
Anyway, I dragged my 12 year old Marin Bear Valley out of the shed and
went for a ride,
had a nasty moment on the road and decided that since I now live in Essex
and not Swansea
I need some road tyres. I saw on here that a few of you were praising
Schwalbe. so I bought some city jets.
All I can say is "wow!" the ride is silent, and smooth. They enhance my
riding.

Personally I found them terrifying in the wet!

I've just tried them in the wet and thought they were great compared to the
knobblies.

--
Linger

In message id <[email hidden]> on Tue, 17 Jan 2006
22:36:16 -0000, Linger wrote in uk.rec.cycling :

Quoted message said:

Hi, I delurking. I'm back in the saddle after a few years.
I came back as I have an ankle injury from a motorcycle crash (enduro)
and I can't run at the moment.
Anyway, I dragged my 12 year old Marin Bear Valley out of the shed and went
for a ride,
had a nasty moment on the road and decided that since I now live in Essex
and not Swansea
I need some road tyres. I saw on here that a few of you were praising
Schwalbe. so I bought some city jets.
All I can say is "wow!" the ride is silent, and smooth. They enhance my
riding.
Best of all they've made me realise what a fantastic bike my Marin is. So
smooth and not a single rattle in 12 years!
It's seen some use, tours of Ireland and every weekend in the Gower when I
lived there.
Are the new ones as good or have they slipped? They seem quite expensive
now. I paid about £500 for mine when it was new.

£500 for a pair of tyres?

Psst. Come over here. I have a very lovely looking Bridge that might
be a crowd pleaser in your front garden....

It would do the resale value of your house the power of good. The
asking price? Well to you, my friend, it is only.......

In article said:

22:36:16 -0000, Linger wrote in uk.rec.cycling :

Quoted message said:

Best of all they've made me realise what a fantastic bike my Marin is.

[...]

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

I paid about £500 for mine when it was new.

Quoted message said:

£500 for a pair of tyres? Can I interest you in this bridge?

Can I interest you in a possible rereading of his post?

"John Blake" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
news:[email hidden]...

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

Best of all they've made me realise what a fantastic bike my Marin is. So
smooth and not a single rattle in 12 years!
It's seen some use, tours of Ireland and every weekend in the Gower when I
lived there.
Are the new ones as good or have they slipped? They seem quite expensive
now. I paid about £500 for mine when it was new.

£500 for a pair of tyres?

Psst. Come over here. I have a very lovely looking Bridge that might
be a crowd pleaser in your front garden....

It would do the resale value of your house the power of good. The
asking price? Well to you, my friend, it is only.......

WTF?

--
Linger

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

£500 for a pair of tyres?

Psst. Come over here. I have a very lovely looking Bridge that might
be a crowd pleaser in your front garden....

It would do the resale value of your house the power of good. The
asking price? Well to you, my friend, it is only.......

WTF?

(plagiarised from wikipedia)

London Bridge (Lake Havasu City)

The London Bridge currently located in Lake Havasu City, Arizona was originally
constructed in London, England in 1831. By 1962, the bridge was not structurally sound
enough to support the increased load created by the level of modern traffic crossing it
and it was sold by the British government.

The purchaser, Robert McCulloch, was the founder of Lake Havasu and the chairman of
McCulloch Oil Corporation, bought it for $2,460,000. The bridge was carefully
disassembled and each piece was numbered. It was shipped to its present location and re-
assembly began in 1968. The reconstruction took slightly over three years and was
completed in late 1971. It currently serves as a popular tourist attraction for the city.

It is a popular rumour that the bridge was bought in the belief that it was, in fact,
London's more recognisible Tower Bridge, though McCulloch himself strongly denied this).

Zog The Undeniable said:

Linger said:

Hi, I delurking. I'm back in the saddle after a few years.
I came back as I have an ankle injury from a motorcycle crash (enduro)
and I can't run at the moment.
Anyway, I dragged my 12 year old Marin Bear Valley out of the shed and went
for a ride,
had a nasty moment on the road and decided that since I now live in Essex
and not Swansea
I need some road tyres. I saw on here that a few of you were praising
Schwalbe. so I bought some city jets.
All I can say is "wow!" the ride is silent, and smooth. They enhance my
riding.

Personally I found them terrifying in the wet!

The compound on most Schwalbes seems to be pretty hard. Great for
rolling resistance and wear, not necessarily so good for throwing into
damp corners.

Compared to throwing a knobbly tyre into a damp tarmac corner they'll
still handle like a dream, but if you're used to something stickier
like a Michelin they might well surprise you.

In article <[email hidden]>, Mark

Thompson () said:

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

£500 for a pair of tyres?

Psst. Come over here. I have a very lovely looking Bridge that might
be a crowd pleaser in your front garden....

It would do the resale value of your house the power of good. The
asking price? Well to you, my friend, it is only.......

WTF?

(plagiarised from wikipedia)

London Bridge (Lake Havasu City)

The London Bridge currently located in Lake Havasu City, Arizona was originally
constructed in London, England in 1831. By 1962, the bridge was not structurally sound
enough to support the increased load created by the level of modern traffic crossing it
and it was sold by the British government.

The purchaser, Robert McCulloch, was the founder of Lake Havasu and the chairman of
McCulloch Oil Corporation, bought it for $2,460,000. The bridge was carefully
disassembled and each piece was numbered. It was shipped to its present location and re-
assembly began in 1968. The reconstruction took slightly over three yearsand was
completed in late 1971. It currently serves as a popular tourist attraction for the city.

It is a popular rumour that the bridge was bought in the belief that it was, in fact,
London's more recognisible Tower Bridge, though McCulloch himself strongly denied this).

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ges/54_London_Bridge_2.jpg>

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meeting with Jacques Chirac, smelling of alcohol, and with body language
suggesting a total disregard for the rights of ethnic minorities, lone
parents and laboratory animals=3F?

On the subject of fantastic tyres, and after a couple of weeks of snow
& ice (and more to come...), I've got to say I'm well impressed with
the Schwalbe "Snow Stud" tyres. Both for commuting and a up in the
woods on frozen snow they've been a lot of fun. Unlike full-on
Nokians, they only have studs on the sides, so you get this great
slide-then-grip effect. Brilliant.

sothach said:

On the subject of fantastic tyres, and after a couple of weeks of snow
& ice (and more to come...), I've got to say I'm well impressed with
the Schwalbe "Snow Stud" tyres. Both for commuting and a up in the
woods on frozen snow they've been a lot of fun. Unlike full-on
Nokians, they only have studs on the sides, so you get this great
slide-then-grip effect. Brilliant.

Brilliant for corners maybe but for steep hills on sheet ice having
studs near the centre of the tyre is somewhat useful.

I've used A10 and W106 and both are excellent 'mixed' tyres that roll
OK on tarmac and grip like glue. (and sound like a dog with long claws
on a marble floor).

...d

in message <[email hidden]>,

Marvin (') said:

Zog The Undeniable said:

Linger said:

I need some road tyres. I saw on here that a few of you were
praising Schwalbe. so I bought some city jets.
All I can say is "wow!" the ride is silent, and smooth. They enhance
my riding.

Personally I found them terrifying in the wet!

The compound on most Schwalbes seems to be pretty hard. Great for
rolling resistance and wear, not necessarily so good for throwing into
damp corners.

Stelvio Evolutions are great for throwing into damp corners, not so good
for crashing into large boulders :-)

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;; I... we... the Government -- Tony Blair

Simon Brooke said:

Stelvio Evolutions are great for throwing into damp corners, not so good
for crashing into large boulders :-)

I thought they did that rather well! <g,d & r>

...d

In article <[email hidden]>, Simon

Brooke () said:

in message <[email hidden]>,

Marvin (') said:

Zog The Undeniable said:

Linger wrote:

> I need some road tyres. I saw on here that a few of you were
> praising Schwalbe. so I bought some city jets.
> All I can say is "wow!" the ride is silent, and smooth. They enhance
> my riding.

Personally I found them terrifying in the wet!

The compound on most Schwalbes seems to be pretty hard. Great for
rolling resistance and wear, not necessarily so good for throwing into
damp corners.

Stelvio Evolutions are great for throwing into damp corners, not so good
for crashing into large boulders :-)

Lots of tyres are great for throwing into damp corners; when I cleared
out my old Shedde I threw away about half a dozen different varieties
;-)

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Dead journalists make excellent objets d'art.

David Martin said:

sothach said:

On the subject of fantastic tyres, and after a couple of weeks of snow
& ice (and more to come...), I've got to say I'm well impressed with
the Schwalbe "Snow Stud" tyres. Both for commuting and a up in the
woods on frozen snow they've been a lot of fun. Unlike full-on
Nokians, they only have studs on the sides, so you get this great
slide-then-grip effect. Brilliant.

Brilliant for corners maybe but for steep hills on sheet ice having
studs near the centre of the tyre is somewhat useful.

The idea is to let some air out, and the studs grip on the flat as
well. But I was too lazy to be bothered pumping the tyres up again, so
I found a gentle weave, both up and down hills kept the studs gripping.
A useful compromise, IMHO.