Righty Hoes.... My previous tyres have always been maxxis high roller or minions in a dual ply, and always felt fine with these tyres - great price, great puncture resistance and stable on the back wheel on off-camber objects - which always made me return to them. I have always run app. 20-25psi in my tyres, which led me to never really getting a pinch puncture, brilliant all round tyre. After seeing that Stan Shaw was now using a continental rubber queen rear tyre - a 2.4 incidentally (not quite as wide as a maxxis) and came in at a reasonable 850ish grams, which is pretty darn reasonable if you ask me. (Further to this, the tread looks really good as well and more information can be found out about that tyre here - Continental Rubber Queen) I wanted to find a decent light tyre with good grip for a very good price. A trip to the LBS led me to the bontrager big earl tyre. The version I am currently using is 2.5" wide, with a very good grip (that i have found so far), although I am yet to find out the tyres performance in the wet, however i do feel that it will work pretty well. The tyres weight is shown as 726gr, however i cannot confirm this, while there is an option of a wire bead tyre which comes in at a mere 1035gr, which still is not too bad for the weight weenies. Furthre to this the tyre was only £22.50 from Alpine Bikes, however i reckon you will be able to get the tyre through any TREK dealer (or anyone who might deal with Madison). So far i have ridden natty and street on this tyre and am yet to find any problems with the tyre really! Really impressed and thought i would bring this to the front as a possible future tyre for some of those interested in saving some weight. Some more information on these tyres can be found here - Bontrager Big Earl - Folding