I ride in florida, and love these tires, fast rolling with good cornering. I have gone through 8 different rear tires (Maxxis,WTB,Bontrager,Panaracer, Schwalbe etc) for our sandy/hardpack trails, and these I have settled on for the top of the list. I just wish they were still making them because there are a lot of people still rocking 26"" bikes that don't want to throw them in a museum.