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I used to commute off road as well (about 50% off road of a 15 mile round trip). I started on a dirt track, then gravel track, over to grass, then over to tarmac for hlaf a mile, back to a dirt sandy track which then became a muddy bridle path with tree roots and fallen trees quite common. once I left the nature reserve I had a short section along a cycle path alongside the A3 (think tarmac with broken glass and lots and lots of thorns), then it was single track country lanes, muddy farm vehicles, flooding, sandy patches across the road and slippery leaves in the autumn, then the reverse for the home trip.
I went over to Schwalbe Marathon Extremes (26x2.25 initally). Deep mud (think dipping frame into mud type depth) they were not that good but little is, on tarmac and well inflated they are not as slow as you would think and are quieter than standard mtb tyres. they have really good puncture resistance and handled what was thrown at them amazingly well. I still really like them after 12 months of them on my touring bike (26x2.0) fully laden across dirt and gravel roads, some sandy roads and thousands of kilometers without a flat, in fact I went 14,500km without a single flat on the rear tyre and only 1 flat on the front on the fully laden touring bike and 3-4,000km of commuting on them without any issues at all. Handling was much better than expected and it seemed to work well for us both on the expedition (off road touring) bikes and on my mountain bike which I used for commuting.
I went over to Schwalbe Marathon Extremes (26x2.25 initally). Deep mud (think dipping frame into mud type depth) they were not that good but little is, on tarmac and well inflated they are not as slow as you would think and are quieter than standard mtb tyres. they have really good puncture resistance and handled what was thrown at them amazingly well. I still really like them after 12 months of them on my touring bike (26x2.0) fully laden across dirt and gravel roads, some sandy roads and thousands of kilometers without a flat, in fact I went 14,500km without a single flat on the rear tyre and only 1 flat on the front on the fully laden touring bike and 3-4,000km of commuting on them without any issues at all. Handling was much better than expected and it seemed to work well for us both on the expedition (off road touring) bikes and on my mountain bike which I used for commuting.
