Schwalbe Marathon 16 x 1.35 GreenGuard tyre for your Brompton

This Schwalbe Marathon is one of the three tyre types fitted as standard on the current Brompton folding bike range.

 

Changes since the 2011 model:

• The tread pattern changes slightly
• The previously used Kevlar protection is replaced with GreenGuard - a highly elastic 3mm thick layer of india rubber, designed to increase puncture protection.
• A new sidewall construction designed to delay the onset of cracking if the tyre is used while under inflated. 
• The maximim permissible pressure increases from 6.0 bar (85 PSI) to 7.5 bar (110 PSI)
• The weight per tyre increases slightly from 350g to 420g
• The rolling resistance is marginally higher (approx 3%)
• The size of the tyre decreases from a nominal 37mm cross section to 35mm - this reduces the overall diameter of an inflated tyre by 3mm
• The old Schwalbe model was HS368 - the new model is HS420
• The new model has a reflective print detailing the size - 35-349 / 16 x 1.35 on the tyre wall opposite to the logos.

 

Note: If you are using the brompton dynamo which connects with the tyre, please use a standard brompton tyre rather than this one, as there is a slight size difference which will affect your dynamo's capability to function correctly. (i.e. it won't work properly!)

 

About Schwalbe :

SCHWALBE, with world headquarters in Reichshof-Wehnrath, Germany, is the foremost bicycle tyre company in Western Europe.

1911 - With a business partner, Ernst-Wilhelm Bohle sets up the bicycle manufacturer Phillips. It is the coronation year of George V. The German emperors arrive for a fifteen-day state visit in Great Britain.

1983 - Bohle creates a legend: The Schwalbe “Marathon”, Germany’s first long lasting tire with high quality puncture resistance.

2000 The Schwalbe "Marathon" becomes the benchmark by which other tires are measured. As globetrotters like Wolfgang Reiche, who crossed five continents by bike in four years, trusts in the reliability of the long runner. Today this classic from the Schwalbe range is the most-sold Touring and Trekking tire in the world.

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