Schwalbe Marathon plus

[shouldbeinbed]

[QUOTE 3970566, member: 259"]I hope you got a free pair of tyres from Schwalbe, even if you just sold them afterwards. They're not cheap and they're a good company for guarantee issues.[/QUOTE]
Yep, My first ever bike with M+ as standard fit had a tyre with a faulty bead and blew off the rim as soon as being ridden. Schwalbe were great and and replaced it without quibble by next day delivery.

 

[Sharky]

[QUOTE 3970566, member: 259"]I hope you got a free pair of tyres from Schwalbe, even if you just sold them afterwards. They're not cheap and they're a good company for guarantee issues.[/QUOTE]

No, I didn't think to send them back. Next time I will.
I did have 700x28's previously and they were OK. I suspect with the 700x25's, there is less width in the material, thus putting greater pressure on the side walls.
Cheers Keith

 

[Fab Foodie]

I have a pair on my 26" wheel tourer and so far the have been on 3000km+. Am hoping they have improved with age.

The ones on my Brompton are bastards and have had to replace a tube 3 times now (rim tape related puncture not tyre related) and my record is 21 minutes. That does include the wheel removal/refit

I have a pair of M+ in the garage to fit on my S6L .... never having had the rear-wheel out of the Brompton I'm not looking forward to it. 21 minutes sounds good going!

 

[Spoked Wheels]

I dont mean to be a clever sod but I have read posts like this before and cannot see the problem. But may have the solution

I have Marathon Plus tyres on all my bikes and they are easy to fit. You dont need cable ties or anything fancy. In fact you need something that is not fancy at all. You need 2 plastic tyre levers.

Because the tyre does get tight towards the end of fitting you need to use a bit of force. I dont use metal tyre levers because I am afraid of damaging the rim. With plastic tyre levers, you can use as much force as you like. I find that Marathon Plus tyres don't take more time to fit then any other tyre.

Plastic tyre levers is the answer....I think. Unless I am doing something else right that I don't know about.

Getting them off is as easy as getting them on.

I use 2 levers and they cost about a pound.

You'll have to do a video before I believe you

 

[martint235]

Always used tyre levers. I can't remember the last time I punctured a tube by trapping it or piercing it with the lever

 

[Mobytek]

Crank Bros tyre leaver - get through about 3 year.

if the mutt had knutts, they would be this shape

 

[Supersuperleeds]

Follow this video and you won't need tyre levers.

http://m.youtube.com/?#/watch?v=-XUFVrl0UT4

You shouldn't need the straps, the secret is the squeezing of the tyre before pushing the tyre over the rim

 

[jay clock]

Follow this video and you won't need tyre levers.

http://m.youtube.com/?#/watch?v=-XUFVrl0UT4

You shouldn't need the straps, the secret is the squeezing of the tyre before pushing the tyre over the rim

that just gives me the main You Tube page....

 

[jay clock]

I have a pair of M+ in the garage to fit on my S6L .... never having had the rear-wheel out of the Brompton I'm not looking forward to it. 21 minutes sounds good going!

I video the chain set up beforehand..... just in case

 

[Supersuperleeds]

that just gives me the main You Tube page....

Oops - I did it on my tablet - will try again now I am on the computer

 

[Supersuperleeds]

 

[zacklaws]

After it took me a frustrating, head banging, swearing and cursing two hours to fit a pair of 700C Marathon plus tyres along with numerous pinch punctures levering the tyre over the rims along with broken levers in the process, I decided they were no good for out on the road as it could be a disaster if I puncture a couple of hours before dark and not having the benefit of being in a warm house, it could be raining, freezing cold etc and not able to fit the tyre again along with the pinch punctures I may cause, I stopped using them.

But last year, I fitted them again on my CX bike to go and watch the TdF and I do not know what I have eaten in about the past 6 years, but I found I could fit them like normal tyres, no straps and no levers along with no pinch punctures, just using my thumbs. I then decided that I would leave them on for rough weather riding when theirs a lot of flints about, and in one year, I suffered one puncture out on the road and fixed it no problem. The puncture turned out to be the inner tube splitting on a seam so the Marathons integrity for puncture protection was maintained.

But I have no worries now about fitting them so long as you stay calm, collective and work methodical just fit a bit at a time, Perhaps their like Women, you just have to try a bit harder to achieve what you want.

 

[shouldbeinbed]

The worst tyres I've ever had to fit werw some quite cheap Vittoria Radonneurs and once on I barely ever used the bike again for fear of puncture. I eventually sold it on, through lack of use ironically.
They were totally hateful things to attempt.

 

[voyager]

I have 4 marathons 2 x 2 trikes and the only problem I had was one puncture caused by a defective bead wire that had poked through the rubber edge , the rep changed it without question , and 20" ones seemed harder to fit than any of the other 20" tyres

they are still going well after 2 years on the front of the trikes

regards

 

[12boy]

I destroyed the bead on a coupla marathons getting the little tires on the little rims. I read a post somewhere which said to put the tire adjacent to the stem on last. If you do it first the tire is held away from the rim leaving less space for those last inches. Since I now put the tire on beginning with the side furthest from the stem I make sure the tire goes as deep into the center of the wheel as possible which gives me a lot more slack when I get to the stem part. I can actually put them on with my thumbs even when new. Still need tire irons to get them off, though. Works equally well with 700c tires.