The specialist for bicycle tires
Riper technology for the optimal driving experience. Find the perfect tire for you now! No matter whether city or touring bike, racing bike, gravel or mountain bike: Like hardly any other component, the bicycle tire influences the driving experience on the bike. The choice of bicycle coat not only decides how well the impeller adheres to the respective surface (grip), but is also responsible for how easily the bike rolls.
The vision of the perfect bicycle tire- from the mass product to the innovation carrier
In the first decades after the Second World War, the bicycle tire was considered an interchangeable mass product and as practically "outfit". It was only in the 1980s that more Germans sit on the bike, cycling became a trend. In this environment, the Schwalbe brand, launched in 1973, set standards in the bicycle tire market for the first time. With the legendary Schwalbe marathon, a tire appeared with the legendary Schwalbe marathon, which made a cyclist, bicycle dealer and specialist journalists in enthusiasm with a mileage that had not previously been known.
