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Raven Recommended Tyre for Audax rides
Coaster:
My Raven came to me with Marathon Plus Tour 2 inch wide tyres. Great tyres, but a little slow for audax riding which I want to try on it.
What is the best puncture protected tyre for taking a Raven audax riding?
brummie:
Maybe I'm lucky, but I get very few punctures, so generally never buy the heavier / numb tyres which advertise additional puncture protection. So my recomendations / favourites are: ( in no particular order )
Schwalbe Marathon Supreme.
Marathon Racer
Continental Speed Contact
Panaracer Pasela Tourguard
geocycle:
I’d definitely recommend Schwalbe marathon supreme. Great tyres on tarmac. Unfortunately they are discontinued and hard to find in 26”. I recently got some spares from Spa Cycles as SJS had no stock. Alternatively standard marathons are fine for most tasks.
Coaster:
Thank you, it looks like Marathon Supreme are the ones to go for.
What about the best width for Audax road cycling?
PH:
I rode a few Audax on my Raven when I had it, was happy with Panaracers, probably Paselas but I'm not sure, tan sidwalls before they came back into fashion! 1.75" were the sweet spot, I tried up and down a size but came back to this.
On my 700c bikes I'm a fan of Marathon Supreme and Almotion, but I've never had these and the Panaracers in the same wheel size so comparisons might not be relevant.
I found them all to be decent in terms of puncture protection, but it isn't something I give the highest priority to. This week I've just had my first for over 4,000 km across all bikes, it was a 5 min roadside fix. The Panaracers do seem to become more vulnerable when well worn, I recall changing a couple for this reason even though the tread looked like it had some life left - though of course this might just be a run of bad luck, the sample size wasn't big enough to be conclusive!
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