Schwalbe Big Apple 2.00 - Intro
Schwalbe Big Apple 2.00 - Price
This is probably the only down side, they cost a fair bit, I bought mine from pratical cycles on ebay. Prices range from £16 to £30 on line so it pays to shop around.
Schwalbe Big Apple 2.00 - MudguardsYes these 2.00 variants fitted inside my mud guards, I maybe could have got away with the 2.1" variant. . .maybe. But certainly not the 2.35s.
Puncture Update.Well I have ridden 2 months now with no punctures what so ever. . .that for me has to be some kind of record.
Puncture Update 2.
In fact these lasted 6 months in the end without a puncture. However, they are not indestructible. As I will now describe.
Schwalbe Big Apple Death
Out riding the other day (off road) I ran over a piece of flint which had killed by rear big apple.
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The flint was sharp and showed my kevlar big apple tyre no mercy what so ever.
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If you look carefully you can see the yellowish puncture protection band, which appears to have held up. My only comment is that it is a bit narrow, if this band were to extended around the side walls a little more it would be good.
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I got home by cutting up the punctured inner tube and layering it in playing card sized pieces 4 - 5 deep over the hole. Stuck in spare tube (very important!) I ran the tire at about 35 psi and cycled home tail between legs.
This was my first puncture in 6 months. I was very unlucky to find such a well / badly orientated flint, and will be buying the same tire as a replacement.
Update : September 2013
18 months on and apart from the freak accident as described above invloving the flint, I have had not one puncture. . . .what can I say I will never buy a different tire ever again. Thanks Schwalbe.
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After the death of my kenda kross tyres I splashed out and bought some tires that I hope will last, the number 1 priority was puncture resistance and so I ended up looking at these Schwalbe Big Apple 2.00s, these go right up to 2.35", but I am 30 and therefore sensible and went for the thinner ones :-).
Schwalbe Big Apple 2.00 - Price
This is probably the only down side, they cost a fair bit, I bought mine from pratical cycles on ebay. Prices range from £16 to £30 on line so it pays to shop around.
Schwalbe Big Apple 2.00 - MudguardsYes these 2.00 variants fitted inside my mud guards, I maybe could have got away with the 2.1" variant. . .maybe. But certainly not the 2.35s.
Puncture Update.Well I have ridden 2 months now with no punctures what so ever. . .that for me has to be some kind of record.
Puncture Update 2.
In fact these lasted 6 months in the end without a puncture. However, they are not indestructible. As I will now describe.
Schwalbe Big Apple Death
Out riding the other day (off road) I ran over a piece of flint which had killed by rear big apple.
.JPG)
The flint was sharp and showed my kevlar big apple tyre no mercy what so ever.
.JPG)
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This was my first puncture in 6 months. I was very unlucky to find such a well / badly orientated flint, and will be buying the same tire as a replacement.
Update : September 2013
18 months on and apart from the freak accident as described above invloving the flint, I have had not one puncture. . . .what can I say I will never buy a different tire ever again. Thanks Schwalbe.
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Schwalbe Big Apple
Reviewed by Kermit Green on May 25 2012
Rating:
Reviewed by Kermit Green on May 25 2012
Rating:
Fair do's cobber. If going to slash the mother Jack The Ripper Style then nothing is going to realistically survive that is it!
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