I've run the 43mm version of the Gravel King (slick version) and the 50mm Marathon Supremes on my Appaloosa, and ride exclusively on city pavement. Thumbs up for both tires. I ended up sticking with the Marathon Supremes on the Appa for the flat protection and the reflective stripe since that's my commuter. I don't sense a difference in cush by going with the higher volume Marathons, nor do I find a difference in rolling resistance over pavement between the two. The Supremes have been bullet proof (knock on wood) for the past 18 months I've had them.
I still have the Gravel Kings on another bike which I ride less often, and I'm happy with them in that application. --Ed C. On Sunday, September 23, 2018 at 6:32:39 PM UTC-7, Chris Lampe 2 wrote: > > I've been looking to move from 700c to a smaller wheel size for several > years, with my initial plan to go down to 26". I've been watching the new > tire market and have decided 650B is where I'm going to have the best > options so that is now my plan. My riding is pretty much 100% pavement, > hard packed dirt/grass and maybe some maintained gravel roads. > > I did some research today and came up with a list of slick to semi-slick > tires in the 47-50mm range. I'm interested in people's experiences with > these tires, both good and bad. I know Compass are highly regarded but > some of these I've heard very little about and a couple I've never heard > of. > > WTB Horizon > > Teravail Rampart > > Compass Switchback Hill > > Panaracer Gravel King > > Schwalbe G-One Speed (50mm) > > Maxxis Re-Fuse > > Schwalbe Marathon Supreme > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
