The Future Is Tubeless Tubeless Tires for MTB, Racing and Trekking Bikes
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World Edition August 2014 11th Year The future is tubeless Tubeless tires for MTB, racing and trekking bikes A world‘s first: the double chamber revolution The Procore double chamber system is revolutionizing tire technology for mountain bikes ... Page 10 Bikes that change the world Access to education and medical care: Schwalbe donates 100 bikes for World Bicycle Relief ... Page 12 Sales The new sample ring Sample rings puncture protection. redesigned In the future there will be three sample rings instead of the usual four. The themes are innovations, puncture protection levels and sports with MTB and road racing tires. The whole world is communicating in an in- The “news” ring comprises the new “sports” model with 14 sporty tires from the creasingly digital way. Luckily, some things Durano Family, the new Nobby Nic, the MTB and road divisions. never change: a bike is, and will remain, a Schwalbe Century in green/white, the Range Should new tire samples arrive, these can wonderfully haptic, sensory vehicle. Even the Cruiser and the Schwalbe One with white be replaced individually. In the Schwalbe Shop, act of a purchase in a bicycle shop is a spe- stripes as an example for one of the four the sample rings can be affixed on the fold- cial experience. For touching and testing out, color variants. ing shelf board or the tire holder with a spe- for the real conversation between customer With the “puncture protection” sam- cial hook – the „sample ring parking space“ and salesperson, sample rings have been a ple ring, everything revolves around the (see photo below). popular sales tool for years. Now Schwalbe puncture protection levels and the establis- has redesigned them. hed touring tires. Finally, there is also the Please contact your Schwalbe partner. The digital sales assistant The Flat-less video is available at Of the more than 3,000 Schwalbe Shop systems worldwide, www.schwalbe.com/ around 400 are equipped with a touchscreen. Now the interactive en/videos.html display gets an update. tire pressure. As always, eight themes can be chosen by fingertip in the menu: Tubeless on the racing bike – a film with German cycling pro Jens Voigt The Flat-less Film The Schwalbe puncture protection levels How do you measure tire pressure? The film on Tubeless Ready assembly Which tube for which tire? An invitation to check it Magic Mary: Stevie Smith and Nico Lau out: interactive contents for on the road with Super Gravity the display and redesigned Hans Dampf: Tobias Woggon on trails sample rings at the new in Sweden parking space. Touchscreens immediately capture the inte- rest of the majority of users. They know intui- tively: where there is a screen, there is some- thing happening. They start finding the informa- tion by themselves with no need for instructions. The customers can occupy themselves, fill wait- ing time and buy items spontaneously. The dis- play helps to relieve a huge workload from the Watch films instead of reading instructions: with new content were sent to all retailers staff. The volume level can be adjusted on the nowadays, more and more information is who screen the following: spectacular vi- device itself or by remote control. „What is the being transmitted through interactive videos. deos that take the viewers into the world appeal of the display and how can it be secure- For two years, the Schwalbe Shop has also of cycling pros from the perspective of Jens ly set up in the shop? See for yourself at our communicated digitally, with a 15 by 25 cen- Voigt, show breathtaking mountain bike ra- Eurobike stand,“ says Philipp Hawle, Point of timeter touchscreen. In June, memory cards ces or explain technical details concerning Sale Marketing. 2 Schwalbe profil 2 2014 Ironman tire in all white Schwalbe is launching a „White Edition“ of its Ironman, limited to 2,000 units. It is the offi- cial tire of the international competition series staged by the World Triathlon Corporation (WTC). Schwalbe was uncompromising in the speed-focused de- sign of its first pure triathlon tire. As the first folding tire from Schwalbe, it is approved for a maximum pressure of eleven bar. „Such a high pressure is not recommended on the majority of roads, but on time-trial segments with a very homogeneous road surface, the high tire pressure re- duces flexing, and is thus an advantage in terms of rolling Editorial resistance,“ explains Peter Krischio, Product Manager Race. Dear Schwalbe Partner „In addition, the tire can be pumped up a little more if the bike has to be handed over for the competition the day More and more people are choosing the bike! We before.“ see it on the roads, we hear it in our conversations with you, and we feel it in the market demand. This is particularly good news after the 2013 12th Schwalbe TOUR Transalp season, which was difficult for all of us. The e-bike The most fascinating boom, a changed bike-friendly awareness, and racing bike stage race better general traffic conditions in many places, as for many „everymen“ described on page 11, have given the bicycle real tailwind. The good cycling weather in the first half around the world: the of 2014 may also have contributed to this. Schwalbe TOUR Trans- Photo: Andreas Dobslaff Our innovations for 2015 offer a similarly posi- alp. For the 12th edition, tive outlook for professional and leisure cyclists. 1,300 riders from 23 na- Our new Procore double chamber system for the tions – including Canada, MTB is a true revolution! It allows high pressure in USA and New Zealand – the internal chamber and just one bar in the exter- took off from Mittenwald nal chamber. You will find more technical details in Upper Bavaria at the on page 10. end of June. Over seven We have dedicated the lead story to the tube- days in teams of two, they conquered 830 kilometers, ascended a total of less technology for racing, MTB and touring bikes, 19,267 meters, and navigated 19 Alpine passes on the way to the finishing which benefits from our comprehensive innovative line in Arco on Lake Garda. For Schwalbe, special attention was on the new power! We report on the enormous potential of top racing bike tire, Schwalbe One Tubeless: „All 52 competitors from the this technology on page 6. teams equipped with this tire reached the finishing line with no punctures! It would be our pleasure to show you all of this, as well as many new tire models, at our Eurobike The most common defects with normal folding tires were snake bites and exhibition stand. We look forward to speaking with punctured tubes due to braking heat. These defects are virtually eliminated you! with the Schwalbe One Tubeless,“ reports Peter Krischio, Product Manager Race and Schwalbe Race Support. Yours sincerely, Schwalbe multitool with valve functions Multitools are available ten to the dozen. Frank Bohle Why then must Schwalbe offer such a thing? „Because we wanted to have a handy tool in the pocket that integrates the functions Masthead for valve inserts (SV and AV) and valve exten- Editor: Ralf Bohle GmbH sions“, says Carsten Zahn, Schwalbe Marke- Otto-Hahn-Str. 1, 51580 Reichshof-Wehnrath, Germany Phone: +49 2265 1090, Fax: +49 2265 70 22 ting Director. „Especially in times of tubeless, [email protected], www.schwalbe.com puncture protection liquids and screw on air pumps there is more and more of a need to Publisher: Vincentz Kundenmedien Postfach 6247, 30062 Hannover, Germany take out or tighten a valve insert.“ The multitool includes allen keys in 3, 4, 5, 6, 8 mm, Phone: +49 511 9910-310, Fax: +49 511 9910-309 25 mm torx, slotted screwdriver, SV valve insert, valve extension and a tool to remove Staff Editor: Claudia Müller (V.i.S.d.P.) Layout: Angelika Jungvogel SV and AV valve cores. Printing: BWH GmbH © Vincentz Network GmbH & Co. KG Schwalbe profil 2 2014 3 Technology With the Marathon Almotion, In the MTB sector, Schwalbe is the only company tubeless tires have whose product range features a long been in the Photo: Yorick Carroux Photo: Yorick Carroux tubeless tire for touring bikes. lead. MTB, racing bike, touring bike: The future is tubeless Schwalbe casts off the tube: tubeless tires are the right choice for all ambitious riders, whether MTB, racing or touring bike. Schwalbe is the first manufacturer to provide tubeless tires for all types of bikes. The system offers clear advantages when it comes to speed, comfort, grip and puncture protection. Markus Hachmeyer, Senior Product Manager, explains why in an interview. Interview ly, which consequently offers optimum safety. A sudden loss of air through ruptured tubes or valve tears is therefore impossible. Is the tubeless technology suitable for all kinds of cycling? Additionally, tubeless systems function very well in com- Markus Hachmeyer: If you want the best performance on bination with puncture protection liquids. Punctures are re- the bike, the Tubeless technology offers clear advantages for sealed within fractions of a second. everyone. For all sports-minded riders who want to get the most out of their material, tubeless is the right choice. The Schwalbe One racing tire is available as a folding tire, tubular tire and tubeless version. What are the What are the advantages of the tubeless system? opportunities for the tubeless variants? With the tubeless system, no inner tube is necessary. The tire For the racing bike, tubeless is still a relatively new technolo- and wheel rim are designed so as to fit together with an airtight gy. But during performance the tires leave traditional folding seal.