Tires for Family Tandem XL

[Justin August]

Hey team-

New owner of a well loved Family Tandem (Eric D by way of Ryan Nute) and loving it. It currently has Maxxis ringworms on it and first outing out we got a flat.

I ride in Oakland and deal with all the glory of Oakland streets with my bikes. 

Ironically on my regular bikes I ride with Rene Herse EL and have zero flats, any time I stray I get so many.

Curious what folks would advise.

Pix attached for proof

-Justin

[Eric Daume]

When I had this bike, it has Schwalbe Marathon somethings on it. They actually seemed to roll decently, but were only ~32mm wide. I wanted bigger, so I put on Maxxis Grifters (Drifters? can't tell from my pic) 1.85" tires, which fit fine and worked well. But for anti-flatness, maybe a bigger Schwalbe is the best choice.

Eric

now with 1.5 BF in the house

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[Eric Ginsburg]

I have Schwalbe Marathon 2.0" on mine and the fenders don't fit.  No issues so far.

[Larry Hodgin]

I've run Panaracer 1.75 on both our Fridays, pulling trailers across France and Natchez Trace..camping gear loaded..no flats..roll really smooth.

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