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Haha.
Spose I should contribute something worthwhile to this thread as well.
Used Top contacts front and rear for about 6 months brakless, lasted well, sold as a 28c but really comes in about the same as a 25.
Used Randos as well, honestly, preferred the Contis, much slower rolling tire, lasted about half as long. Contis work a treat used on their own on the back, shitty cornering on the front.
Marathons, great, last forever, but you really can feel the extra weight, spose the Contis would fall between these and the rando, with best of both.
And the Contis make a fart noise when you skid, for that reason alone, definitely worth purchasing.
Don't really run anything less than a 35c at the moment on silly bikes, have Stelvios on another, but that's not really a thrashing around bike.
There you go, an entirely relevant, but entirely useless post.