Schwalbe vs Spesh tyre durability

YellaBelly

I've raced on Specialized tyres for a few years (S-Works casing front, Control rear) and I'm going to move onto Schwalbes for next year. I've been warned off the LiteSkin casings at 127tpi, but I'm not convinced they should be any more fragile than the Spesh S-Works 120tpi casings. I have run those successfully on the front through every race and condition without incident *touches wood* and actually the only tyre I have torn is a Fast Trak Control casing on the back. Are the Schwalbes really that fragile, and more fragile than other comparable tyres?

rockmonkeysc

The biggest problem I've had with Schwalbe tyres is knobbles ripping off.
The lite skin do have a reputation for being extremely fragile.

Crazyjenkins01

Hows Haldon looking at the moment Oxo? I'm hoping to get up there in the next couple weeks.

The Rookie

All my Schwalbe are liteskin and never had an issue, never torn any knobs off either.

Have picked up some used super sticky Gatestars (for a try out) that were used for 4X though and they have the start of some tearing of the side knobs from use on a very dry track.