Big Apple HS 338

Hi I have a Batavus Personal Delivery Bike with 26x1.75 tires there seems to be enough room for at least the 26x2.00 Big Apple, but I’m wondering if I could fit one of the larger sizes? Thanks!

There are a lot of Catrike, Terra Trike etc. people that will snap up 50-349 Big Apples the week they hit the market. Please we need this tire!

I found it here, on their global website.

http://www.schwalbe.com/gbl/en/bicycle/tour_city/produktgruppe/produkt/?…

Hope that helps.

How come the Big Apple tyres don’t have the same data chart that every other Schwalbe tyre seems to on this website? Where is the relative data for Speed, Grip, Puncture Protection and Durability?

Please post this on the website.

p.s. Seems to me that the Big Apple is an awesome tyre for so many uses. I’m planning to get a 29 x 2.35 version for my dual suspension mountain bike for fast, light trail and some road riding (with predictable drift). Seems like it would be great tyre to keep innovating on (eg some of the Marathon Supreme Triple Nano Compound technology, etc)

like when can we start ordering ‘em?

Bike Friday is selling Tikits as fast as they can make them! Please oh please give us the Big Apple liteskins so we can tour happy!
I can assure you there will be a better market for this size than many of the other you make….

Could the LiteSkin 29x 2.00 be used tubeless?

I am using the 26x2.35 Big Apple on an electric bike capable of 40MPH sustained speed for perhaps 20 miles at a stretch. Am I about to die?

Please make the Supermotos or the Big Apples in a 2.35 width for a 29er bike for all road touring. Please also make them lighter, and with the Triple Nano Compound.

Thanks

With lots of 650B coversions on the road, and new 650B mountain bikes coming on line (“27.5”), when might we expect some 50mm and 60mm Big Apples in this wonderful size?

I notice that KHE has a kevlar bead 55-406 tire rated to 120 psi. A kevlar bead Big Apple rated at 120 would be my dream tire, especially if it were available in 60-406 and 60-622. (I ride a recumbent that uses both sizes.) Maybe next year? I know you can do it!

Please produce the BA in the 349 size. There are a bunch of us waiting for it.

There is a rather large crowd of Catrike people just waiting for the BA in 349 diameter. We can’t use the 355’s because no one is drilling the 355 rims with 32 holes for our hubs these days.

Yes, Please, produce a 349, maybe even a LiteSkin in both 349 and 406.

Any plans on a 349 ?

It took me 4 decades to learn that the iRide Suspension Fork , & the Manitou $400 air/coil/& oil…is nowhere near the original simplicity & ease of suspension adjustment (by changing tire pressure) that we enjoy in the Schwalbe Big Apples !

The Rivendell Atlantis Frames easily use 50 & 60mm tires.
After about $9,000 in high end complicated modern bikes , i have happily retired to a new 1950’s bike !
It is so easy to enjoy the cemetery roads in complete comfort @ 25psi ; & then enjoy another days ride blast of passing a roadbike with 7/8” tires hard as cement ! And all i had to do was inflate the BA’s to 50lbs. The Brooks saddle springs take care of the 230lb discomfort well.
If the road guy ever asks me how do i go so fast so effortlessly, i’ll tell him about the 180mm cranks/ widest pedals / hollow pin chain/ total XT / & Dyad rims…along with bikeshoes without cleats.
I’m still scared on fast corners though. It may take next summer to fix that. And then , Look out Lance !

I built a heavy cargo trike five years ago, and when deciding on 20” (406) tires I saw the ad about the Big Apples and how they could be run at a lower psi but with little to no rolling resistance penalty. Having used Schwalbe tires on other bikes I decided to believe the hype and was not disappointed - they ended up being the perfect choice! If you ever need to carry a load in a trailer or cargo vehicle I cannot recommend these more highly.

The original 50mm width tires have worn down a fair bit and have been transferred to one of my trailers, and new 60mm were installed on the trike this past summer, and all is still well. I use this machine on a regular basis to move my drums around (I’m a pro musician) as well as whatever else needs moving (I don’t own a car), and the tires have been great, with only one flat the entire time. See my website http://drumbent.com/trike.html or blog posts (such as http://drumbent.blogspot.com/2007/05/house-move-by-pedal-power.html).

Great work Schwalbe!

Mark

Could Team Schwalbe recommend a Presta valve tube for the Wire Bead 29 x 2.35 (11154838)? Thanks!

When do you anticipate getting the LiteSkin versions in stock?

The Big Apples are fine except when trying to jump a curb or trying to swerve slightly over a 3/8” tall ridge in the road. When jumping a curb I have to hit the curb at a perpendicular angle or my rear tire won’t grab. Recently I expereinced a fall. I was rolling along just fine commuting home and tried to swerve slightly to the left to avoid a stick in the road. However, there was a slight ridge in the pavement that my tires would not roll over. In fact because of the shape of the tire the ridge acted like a rail that channeled me with the ridge instead of rolling over it. My momentum was committed to the left and that is when I fell. Everything happened in slow motion. The people in the cars all around were gasping and I could hear girls screaming with fear thinking that I was hurt. The fall happened in front of a Junior High School where there were kids on the balcony and I heard them scream loudly .. “Ooooohhhh Maaaaaaaaaaan!”.
-S.P.

I am running them on my MTB which previous to my revelation about the BAs was a 26 * 1.25 at 100lbs. I could feel every crevice/crack on my commute, almost making me quit riding (bus & bike to work and 30km ride home). Well I say the diff in tires is like night and day. I have the back around 60lbs and front around 50, and I weigh over twice the combined air pressure. :-). Well I have enjoyed riding home with the BAs, and actually can not believe how secure and comfortable they are. Good work Schwalbe, now make some bigger tires like these in a 650c for my recumbent so I can ride start to both ways.

Brian

These are great tires.
They would look the business in white!

Anyone ever pimp out their jogging stroller with these? ;-) I am wondering if they’d fit under the mud guards of the stroller though… Are there any specs on what the actual height off the rim and width of these tires are when inflated?