Marathon HS 368

I ride every year bike 10 000 km to 15 000 km past 20 years and I did try many differrent tires from Continental , Vittoria , Panaracer , Michelin and Schwalbe . Once I had on my old trusted touring Cannondale Schwalbe 308 and there was good . These Schwalbe HS 368 on my new slightly modified Trek 520 is much better tire , I run 700 x 35 and it handle load well under dry or wet condition , is fast - just perfect tire for hard packed dirt road in Europe or asphalt when on long distances touring . I do not recommend this HS 368 for bicycle commuting at all because Schwalbe made much better tire for this kind of city riding for about some price . I did rotate HS 368 once after 2000 km - front tire to rear and rear tire to front and after 3500 kilometers loaded touring those tires looking pretty good , I think if you take good care they survive more then 5000 km - 7000 km . I had only one flat on those Schwalbe HS 368 - small puncture - wire from steel belted truck tire went through .

Thanks for making the 305mm Marathon available again. Now German bankers can continue to ride their HPVelo Spirits down to the shore and stand around in their bare feet.

This is the worst touring tyre I have ever used. The old marathon 308’s were much more reliable. I found it punctured about every 300km, even on nice smooth roads in Europe, with relatively light loads. Of the eight tyres I bought for a big expetition, two developed broken beads, one after just 300km.

Please stop recommending this tyre for touring. Or say something like “for ornimental purposes only”. Better still go back to the earlier model. If you made the Supreme in 406mm I would have gladly chosen that instead.

Olly Powell