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Schwalbe CX Pro 26"

SchwalbeCX Pro 26"(Return to Product Page)

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Review by Anonymous

Reviewed 7/17/2023
by Anonymous
WA
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2 of 2 customers found this review helpful.
Great tread with a fast low and thin profile.

This is what I have been looking for for my MB1 for the past few years.

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Review by MJK

Reviewed 12/12/2020
by MJK
Cycling Enthusiast
Outside Chicago
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4 of 4 customers found this review helpful.
Perfect for my application

This year I found myself riding on relatively groomed gravel paths on my mountain bike. I decided to try these gravel tires rather than the wide knobby mountain bike tires I had on the bike. Gravel tires for 26" rims are not easy to find. These tires are perfect for the kind of riding I have been doing. I'm thinking that once the snow comes, the mountain bike tires will go back on, but for now, these are great.

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Review by onedesign23

Reviewed 3/9/2015
by onedesign23
Cycling Enthusiast
East Tennessee
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5 of 5 customers found this review helpful.
Light weight but quite narrow even for a CX tire

For a 1.5 wide tire they are really skinny. I used them on my 26 hardtail mountain bike when I am trail riding and they work well. There is not much volume because of the skinny profile.

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Review by braytd1

Reviewed 8/22/2014
by braytd1
Cycling Enthusiast
Ann Arbor, MI
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12 of 12 customers found this review helpful.
Very Happy with These Tires

These are the perfect tires for gravel rides. They hit the sweet spot between standard 26x2.1 mountain bike tires and road tires. Great traction on gravel and not 'heavy' for the inevitable road riding that gets mixed in with the gravel roads.

They are easy to install despite the wire beads.

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Review by Paul

Reviewed 8/4/2014
by Paul
Cycling Enthusiast
Charlotte, NC
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9 of 9 customers found this review helpful.
Perfect mountain bike tire for less demanding off- road riding

I've been experimenting with using a mountain bike instead of a road bike for my 10 mile commute to work so I'm not confined to the pavement. This tire is a great improvement over conventional mountain bike tires because it doesn't hold you back as much on pavement. I've ridden it up a steep muddy trail, through flat loose gravel, and over wet wooden bridges with no problems.

The only thing I don't like about it is that it is just as noisy going fast and climbing on hard pavement as a wider knobby tire. Nothing beats a slick tire for that.

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Review by lv2ride

Reviewed 1/31/2014
by lv2ride
Central Oregon
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7 of 7 customers found this review helpful.
Great tires. They are lite and fast. They grip well for a narrow tire. They are a lot of fun to ride.

I use these tires on and off road. They don't slow me down on the road. They give enough grip on dirt trails. I wouldn't use them for gravel. They aren't wide enough to grip well.

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Review by zendogme

Reviewed 8/6/2018
by zendogme
Cycling Enthusiast
santa barbara, ca
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5 of 6 customers found this review helpful.
Nice narrow width off road tire

Nice narrow width cyclocross tire for doing the fire roads and trails with my Surly LHT. Easy to mount. Only downside is I thought they are noisy and noticeably slower on pavement than my slicks, so I won't use them as my daily tires.

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Review by Yooperman

Reviewed 7/19/2018
by Yooperman
Competitive Racer
UP Michigan
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6 of 8 customers found this review helpful.
Cycle-cross describes these perfectly!

I bought these tires for a 98 race carbon hard tail Trek. I leave this bike at our cabin in the woods. I bought these tires specifically to ride on gravel fire roads and pavement. I gave them a 2 star review as they have a lot more rolling resistance on the road than I expected and if you are riding on gravel and you hit any sand, these things stop in a hurry! I had the front tire wash out on a very easy transition on a fire road because they didnt grab and I fell over! Mind you, I am a very experienced mountain biker with a lot of racing experience. They also have a heavy wire bead and were a little difficult to mount on my rims. Very tight! I wont return these, but if I were to do it over again I would have just ordered 26 mountain bike tires bigger than 1.5! At least I can get those in Kevlar bead and I dont have to worry about crashing in sand...!!

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Review by Anonymous

Reviewed 12/8/2017
by Anonymous
Sacramento County, CA
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5 of 6 customers found this review helpful.
Excellent 650C road to CX conversion!!!

Short people and kids have hard timw fi finding bikes that fit.

A 650 Fuji fit bit theu dont make 650C CX tires. Getting a 26 rim and these tires are a straight swap and go. Can tell.moms to put 24 mountain bike away now1

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Review by Gravelnewby

Reviewed 12/7/2017
by Gravelnewby
Cycling Enthusiast
Larkspur, CO
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4 of 4 customers found this review helpful.
Turned my old mountain bike into a gravel bike!

I was so happy to find these excellent quality 26 cross tires. Put them on my '90 Trek 950 and was delighted with the result Great traction on gravel roads with minimal rolling resistance. For the very reasonable price of these tires, I feel like I got a new bike!

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Review by TheGE

Reviewed 11/13/2017
by TheGE
southeast VA
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5 of 5 customers found this review helpful.
Grippy and soft

Perfect for CX. Grips well on grassy and loose dirt hills. Has a soft ride on payment, not too Grainy.

Not enough miles to comment on puncture resistance and durability. Good ride so far

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Review by old shredder

Reviewed 9/28/2017
by old shredder
Cycling Enthusiast
sacramento, ca
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4 of 4 customers found this review helpful.
Tire is perfect for gravel and intro to cyclecross on a mtn bike

Great choice as I transition into cyclecross on a mountain bike but do not want to make the big bike investment.

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Review by Dan

Reviewed 4/13/2017
by Dan
Casual Cyclist
Dillon Co
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6 of 7 customers found this review helpful.
Super tire for wheelchairs in the snow

Great snow tire for wheelchairs I have used them for 5 years. Not too wide but has decent tread for traction.

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Review by Anonymous

Reviewed 3/8/2017
by Anonymous
Casual Cyclist
Sherman, TX
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2 of 3 customers found this review helpful.
Great tire. Right width for what I do.

Was looking for a tire that was not as wide as a mountain bike. Right width.

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Review by gbecnel

Reviewed 2/27/2017
by gbecnel
Mandeville, LA
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8 of 8 customers found this review helpful.
26 x 1.35

These tires are awesome for a old 26 MTB converted to a Gravel Grinder. These tires do not hold you back from riding gravel roads in Louisiana. Excellent traction, nice cushion and over all performance. I'm weighting 235lbs.

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Review by Anonymous

Reviewed 11/11/2013
by Anonymous
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3 of 3 customers found this review helpful.
Very good tire. It is durable. Very good adhesion on wet ground. Which facilitates the tire close speed.

It is durable. Very good adhesion on wet ground.Being narrow and light, it helps speed.

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Review by Anonymous

Reviewed 4/22/2013
by Anonymous
Cycling Enthusiast
Dundas, ON
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5 of 6 customers found this review helpful.
Great tire if you need your MTB to do more CX'y stuff

This is a great tire if you need something high-pressure and fast for your 26 mountain bike. I used this on a full suspension MTB for the annual Paris to Ancaster in southern Ontario - kind of an over hill and dale, farm lane and railtrail kind of race. It was perfect. Nice and fast, never once bogged down with mud against the frame.

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Review by MountainBikeRoadie

Reviewed 3/24/2013
by MountainBikeRoadie
Cycling Enthusiast
Fresno, CA
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5 of 5 customers found this review helpful.
Great Tire For Cyclocross

Threw these on my mountain bike for this seasons CX racing and they worked superbly on our mostly dry dusty course. I bought two sets so I could have a spare set of wheels since I already had the wheels. Put liners in and never needed to use the pit and swap tires. Great tires.

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Review by JeffStateCyko

Reviewed 12/10/2012
by JeffStateCyko
Competitive Racer
SouthernOregon
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7 of 7 customers found this review helpful.
Excellent tire, raced on it, traction is top-notch.

Bought these (f&r) for my pit bike (mountain bike) and ended-up racing on them for a whole CX race. Though I was at a clear disadvantage in the wheel diameter department-I was able to ride much higher, tighter lines on the slippery grassy off-camber stuff than anyone on a CX bike, I attribute this to the tractiongrip of the aggressive knobs. Great tire in the wet stuff.

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Review by Anonymous

Reviewed 10/22/2012
by Anonymous
Cycling Enthusiast
portland
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9 of 10 customers found this review helpful.
pretty much the only option, but a good one

these are pretty much the only 26 tires for cyclocross, but i think they're great. seem to work well for all conditions, are light, and tough. i am running them tubeless on stan's rims with only yellow tape and they have been perfect.

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