trail wrote:
SummitAK wrote:
I have a larger set of the Pro Ones on my gravel bike and put 3k miles on them this year without a lot of complaints. I agree with LAI on how well they roll. TomA tested them against Compass and Challenger gravel tires and they aren't fast.
"Aren't fast" seems way harsh. Bicyclerollingreistance show them as pretty darn fast, "11W" puts them in some pretty good company, and only 0.9W behind the Fusion 5 Galactik TL and 2.3W behind the magical Vittoria CS.
TomA's spreadsheet has the "non-pro" Schwalbe Ones doing pretty well.
I wouldn't choose it as my all-out TT tire, but it sure as hell isn't a Gatorskin. Certainly a decent choice for a durable tire to throw down in competitive group rides, etc, without dragging an anchor around. It's probably pretty close to par in Crr to the venerable GP4KS. BRR has that at 12.2W with butyl tubes, so it probably marginally beats the Pro Ones with latex.
Yeah. Sorry. iPad and coffee wake up. Gravel bike should have been a clue. Mine are the Schwable G-Ones. Tom tested these vs. Compass (Panaracer?) and Challenger offerings and they were slower than Challenger and faster than most of the Compass line to which I had planned on switching. The bummer with the Challenger line is that none are tubeless. So what I've got is where I'll be for now if I want tubeless. The last time I looked, Tom hadn't posted these gravel tire tests in his spreadsheet. He posted them to a ST thread somewhere.
Part of my confusion is I have Schwable Pro-Ones on the bench to try on a set of my wife's road wheels. The wheels were a sponsor deal, but with the tubeless shoulders she is challenged to get a tube swapped at all which would end her day racing. We're trying the Hutchinson for her gravel build with 28c.
I'll edit my post above...