City & Tour Tire Casings
A bicycle tire casing comprises the fabric, bead, and puncture protective materials, all vulcanized together during the layup process.
Providing the backbone or a bicycle tire, the casing has the largest impact in how a tire will preform.
While puncture protection is important in all bicycle tires, it is in City & Tour applications that a flat would be detrimental to a early morning commute, buisness delivery, or weekend cruise.
Schwalbe acknowledges this by attributing a easy to understand puncture protection rating to each City & Tour casing.
From a rating of 7 (flat-less) down to 3 (great value kevlar protection), our City & Tour range comprises of offerings to meet the needs of every Cyclist at every price point.
The attached video further describes the Schwalbe Tour & City Tire Puncture Protection scale.
Scroll down further to view all the Puncture Protection technologies and their corresponding ratings.
Smart DualGuard
The safest puncture protection,
especially for e-bike tires
- Made of highly elastic special
rubber
- 4mm puncture protection
insert plus two layers of nylon
fabric (RaceGuard®)
Features Flat-less technology
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SmartGuard
The safest puncture protection
available for bicycle tires.
- Made of highly elastic special
rubber
- 5mm puncture protection
insert
Features Flat-less technology
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Super Defense
Secure puncture protection at
high loads, specially designed
for cargo bikes.
- Reinforced construction
- 6-ply double carcass
Double Defense(DD)
V-Guard
Extra safe due to combined puncture protection under the tread and on the sidewalls
- Tread: lightweight and
cut-resistant high-tech fiber
(V-Guard)
- Sidewalls: Snake-Skin fabric
Double Defense(DD)
GreenGuard
Extra safe due to combined puncture protection under the tread and on the sidewalls.
- Tread: 3 mm puncture protection insert with recycled
material (GreenGuard®)
- Sidewalls: Snake-Skin fabric
Double Defense(DD)
RaceGuard
Extra safe due to combined puncture protection under the tread and on the sidewalls.
- Tread: Puncture protection
belt made of two layers of
double laid nylon fabric.
- Snake skin fabric all around
V-Guard
Ideal puncture protection for
lightweight race and touring
tires
- Puncture protection belt
made of lightweight and cut resistant high-tech fiber
GreenGuard
Recycled puncture protection
insert made of natural rubber.
- 3mm puncture protection
insert with recycled material
PunctureGuard
Reliable puncture protection for
the entry level.
- 3mm puncture protection
insert
RaceGuard
Reliable puncture protection for
fast and light tires.
- Puncture protection belt
made of double laid nylon
fabric
K-Guard
Basic puncture protection.
- Puncture protection insert
made of fiber-reinforced
natural rubber