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Title: Fast Fred & other Schwalbe Tires on ediscount
Post by: tmaybee on November 09, 2003, 10:06:26 am

Hey Guys.  ediscount is blowing out Schwalbe tires.  The seem to go for between $10 and $13 each.  I just picked up 3 Fast Fred light tires for $38.14.  ;D   I probably could have got them for $30 if I had been more patient.  They have some Light Albert and some road tires too.

http://search.stores.ebay.com/search/search.dll?query=schwalbe&srchdesc=y&sid=5296312&store=eDiscountBike&colorid=5&fp=0&st=2

Trevor

Title: Re: Fast Fred & other Schwalbe Tires on edisco
Post by: Scott on November 10, 2003, 01:35:17 am

Trevor, I've been eyeing those but would like to hear first hand how the full knobbies perform.  Have you used them in the past?  I have a set of the semi knob Schwalbes that work really well in the right conditions.  <400 grams too.

Title: Re: Fast Fred & other Schwalbe Tires on edisco
Post by: Scott on November 10, 2003, 01:39:53 am

I see-the full knobs are their Ralph tire and they no longer have the other full knobbies I had been looking at.  The Ralph looks a little too closely spaced for mud.

Title: Re: Fast Fred & other Schwalbe Tires on edisco
Post by: tmaybee on November 10, 2003, 07:32:04 am

I haven't tried them yet but I figured,   for that price...        

I have read a lot about the Fast fred's being the lowest rolling resistance.  I can't wait to try them.  It will be interesting to see how they are in mud.  I am not expecting much in sloppy conditions but they are probably better than the smoke/dart hardcore tires I usually use!

I want to try the continental twister supersonic.  I'll have to keep an eye out.  From the <save some weight> forum on mtbr.com  they seem to say that the Nokian nbx are very grippy and light tires at 470 grams.  I haven't tried them either...   choices, choices...

I'll let you know how the Fast Fred's turn out.  They are supposed to be about 350 grams and I am going to use them with 90 gram panracer greenlight tubes.


Trevor

Title: Re: Fast Fred & other Schwalbe Tires on edisco
Post by: Dennis on November 10, 2003, 08:30:15 am

Trevor,
thanks for notifying us about the Schwalbe deal. I have been using the Black Shark f/r 2.1 combo on Blue Crush and they work pretty well, but not quite as well as, (you prob. don't want to hear this) the panaracer dart/smoke combo that I had used for over 10  years. (new tires every so often, of course)

the Fast Fred's look interesting, but its too bad ediscount only has the 2.0's. I would like to try the 2.3's myself.

thanks again for the info.
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Title: Re: Fast Fred & other Schwalbe Tires on edisco
Post by: tmaybee on November 10, 2003, 08:58:57 am

Hey Dennis.  I like the regular Smoke/Dart combo. they are da  [smiley=bomb.gif]   (a little heavy though). The hardcore version is great in hardpack but they are VERY, VERY squirelly in mud.   The Hardcore version actually have a blue tint... they would look cool on your bike.  I would give you mine when I get the schwalbe's but they are starting to dry rought now and I wouldn't trust them too much longer.   [smiley=worry.gif]

No prob for the info.  I keep track of a lot of stuff on ebay and post stuff I find if I think someone might be interested.

Trevor