Thanks John, It is both a little frustrating and even kind of funny how hard it can be to figure out all of the variations, in the models and sub-models, in the "market speak" labels, etc. I do truly like Schwalble tires and, considering how long I have used them, it seems I should know more! But every time I look at their site, it is like it's the first time except for maybe the basic models that have lasted. I do love the options and the improvements! Still, a flowchart or history or better summaries would be helpful.
Let us know if the new tires arrive and perform as expected! I use Supreme's on one city/errand/touring bike but am considering Almotion's for a more dedicated tourer. I will say I went with 700x50(?) Mondials one time (still have them) and they seemed really heavy for anything other than true outback touring. I can see where Schwalbe might be trying to provide lighter weight options within the model lines. Thanks for the help and the info, Bob On Tuesday, November 6, 2018 at 1:44:27 PM UTC-6, John Phillips wrote: > > Hi Bob, > I meant the V-Guard tires vs the MicroSkin TL-Easy tires. > > Maybe I was wrong, maybe the V-Guard tires are tubeless compatible. > You're right, the general description of the Almotion says: > > "Now all sizes of Marathon Almotion are equipped for tubeless operation. > The patented Microskin construction tires are also significantly lighter. > the tire is for tubeless compatible." > > But the V-Guard tires are a new listing on this page, and since the > V-Guard 50-622 tires are listed as 135 grams lighter, and not listed as > TL-Easy, I assumed they were the updated version of the Almotion clincher > Schwalbe used to list as simply "Dynamic Casing" and that Schwalbe was in > the process of updating this web page. > > On the Marathon Supreme web page, the text says, "Maximum comfort and > speed are achieved in its Tubeless Easy version..." And the non-TL Easy" > Supremes have V-Guard. > > On this page TL-Easy compared to V-Guard and other flat protection: > https://www.schwalbetires.com/BENCHMARK-OF-PUNCTURE-PROTECTION > > I guess I will have to just see what's what when the tires get here. > > John > > -- 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.
