Big Apple vs. Supreme

[Marty]

Need a new set of tires for the Bombadil, and considering Big Apples or Supremes. I noticed Riv has both in 700 x 50, and wondered if anyone here has either/or. Opinions aside from cost? Thanks!

Marty

[Montclair BobbyB]

Marty:

I ride Big Apples on my Bomba (700 x 50)... I love them. Never ridden
Supremes.

BB

[Allingham II, Thomas J]

I have 50mm Supremes on my Atlantis, and they, too, are swell.

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[BykMor]

I have ridden both. The website claims decent "protection" for the Big Apple, but I ended up with a few flats. The Supremes have been very kind to me with no flats and a VERY nice ride. Of course, I'm riding a Big Dummy so YMMV. The Supremes are quite a bit more expensive. Schwalbe isn't trying to rip you off. They are more technological.

You'll enjoy your ride, either way ;-)

BykMor

[Marty]

Thanks for the inputs. I think I'll go with the Supremes this time around. After all, on a Bombadil, there Ain't No Mountain High Enough!

[René Sterental]

The Supremes are also a bit lighter, not that that matters much... :-) I'm now using Duremes (50) on my Huqapillar and I like them very much as well.

 

René

On Wed, May 2, 2012 at 8:33 AM, Marty <mgi...@mac.com> wrote:

Thanks for the inputs. I think I'll go with the Supremes this time around. After all, on a Bombadil, there Ain't No Mountain High Enough!

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[EricP]

I've used both.  Like the Supremes better.  But to confuse things more, my wife has Big Apple Liteskins on her bike and prefers them over regular BA or the Supremes.  And the bike that had Supremes now has Schwalbe Kojaks on it and those might be my favorite so far.

 

None are a bad choice. 

 

Eric Platt

St. Paul, MN 

[Olivier Chetelat]

Hi there,

I ride both tires in 50mm on an Atlantis and Hunqapillar. This weekend I rode the Atlantis with the Big Apple on the front and Supreme in the back.

I like both for they offer a plush ride and provide peace of mind with their puncture protection. However, if I had to pick one, I'd go with the Supreme. The Big Apple has a slight noise on pavement as the other is virtually silent. In terms of grip I couldn't notice any difference. Also I prefer the look of the Supreme. Both are great tires though and the Big Apple wins the cash register contest.

Visu here > http://www.flickr.com/photos/olipop/7128557553/in/photostream

Olivier

Ps: no flat so far in 5 months of almost daily riding 

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[Jim Thill - Hiawatha Cyclery]

Odd, I've always found the Supremes to be surprisingly noisy. It doesn't bother me, as they are wonderful tires. I believe they last longer in proportion to cost. My buddy Weasel got almost 9000 loaded commuting miles on the rear! His front tire, also after 9000 miles, looked almost new.

[Mike]

I say go with 50mm Duremes. After all, these are going on a Bombadil.

--mike

[Minh]

Man, this discussion is making it really hard to resist hitting order on a pair of supremes!  i keep telling myself the tires on the bike currently are working perfectly fine, but so hard to resist....

[Tom Harrop]

I've got 50 mm Supremes (46 mm on Dyad rims). Nothing wrong with them, but I think there's enough room for bigger, so I'm really really tempted to try to squeeze 60 mm BAs under the fenders...