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Sorry in advance for another tyre thread but I'm thinking about buying a set of Schwalbe Fat Alberts Snakeskin 2.25 in their front and rear specific guise.
Anyone been using these? Do they roll well / have low rolling resistence? Good grip and traction? Wear well? Is Schwalbe sizing on the large or small size? etc, etc. Worth the high cost?!?
I'll be replacing long serving Conti MK Pro 2.4s as a comparison.
Hi yeah got a set of Ust fats and really good, roll quite well better than high roller but not as well as ignitors.
Running a pair of UST here too, yes they are very good.
I heard they were a bit flimsy, although not sure about the snakeskin variety. Went for conti rubber queens instead, and they're brilliant.
I'd be running standard tyres and tubes but I supppose the tyre is essentially the same whether tubeless or not. Thanks.
I've used the UST snakeskins in the Alps and they performed great.
Good tyres but def get the snakeskin version or this tends to happen:
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Ouch! How do they compare to the Nobby Nics?
big fan here.
std up front (ghetto tubeless)
ust rear
done two Alps sessions on them plus a load of Lakes stuff and they grip well and last well (on a 456 too so they get some abuse). Much better than all the Contis I've used, and better than Advantages too.