Where to get Schwalbe Marathons?

Membrane

Anyone know of a Dublin bricks and mortar store that can supply Schwalbe Marathon tyres? (neither cycleways or cyclesuperstore have them listed on their website)

Civilian_Target

Erm... I got mine in London, and only because they didn't have any armadillos. They seem to be pretty much the same TBH.

Membrane

Civilian_Target wrote:

Erm... I got mine in London

I'm assuming that you didn't just reply to make me jealous, so I take it you are bringing me back a pair then when you return home for Xmas?

Civilian_Target

Assume makes an ass out of me and an ass out of u

Membrane

Membrane wrote:

I'm assuming that you didn't just reply to make me jealous

Civilian_Target wrote:

Assume makes an ass out of me and an ass out of u

In that case: you bastid

I've had a change of mind (not physically, although that would be nice) after looking up their weight. They are just short of a Kg per tyre (!). I have them on my classic roadster that I use in the city and they're great for that. But fitting them to my exercise bike wouldn't be a good idea given their weight. So I've now got my eye on a pair of Continental Sport Contacts. They also offer some punture protection that I'm after in the form of a Kevlar belt, but at 580G they are a bit less of dead weight to drag up the mountains.

GlennaMaddy

Membrane wrote:

Anyone know of a Dublin bricks and mortar store that can supply Schwalbe Marathon tyres? (neither cycleways or cyclesuperstore have them listed on their website)

don't be tempted to ask Cycleways to do a special order for you, you'll get the 'should have them next week' treatment for weeks, this is what happened to me when I tried ordering schwalbe stelvios. I eventually got my tyres from an online uk bike shop

Civilian_Target

Membrane wrote:

I've had a change of mind (not physically, although that would be nice) after looking up their weight. They are just short of a Kg per tyre (!).

Really? They didn't feel like that when I was carrying them home (although the tube gates did try to eat them!) but then, I'm not really *that* worried, theres 80 kilo of fat bastard and a fairly substantial amount of work to haul around too - no-one's going to notice another 500g, especially when it's so near the road!

To be honest, I don't think there's any huge difference between Marathons, Armadillos and Continental Contacts, they all seem to do exactly the same job and be pretty much interchangable at any time!

John_C

Membrane wrote:

Anyone know of a Dublin bricks and mortar store that can supply Schwalbe Marathon tyres? (neither cycleways or cyclesuperstore have them listed on their website)

I got them from Joe Daly's in Dundrum (beside the big bridge).