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My experience of commuting with Supremes is mixed.
I found them to be easy to fit, fast rolling and I don't recall getting any punctures...
However... All 4 of these tyres that I used split on the sidewall.
In 15 years of commuting roughly the same route, and indeed the umpteen thousand *recreational" miles I've done in my adult life, using many different brands and qualities of tyre, I have never had a single sidewall failure or cut that immediately wrote a tyre off... until the Supremes.
At £30+ per tyre, Schwalbe would need to send me free ones before I was willing to try them again.
I used the Marathon Supremes (700x40C) on a 2,500km tour last summer and had zero punctures. I never even had to put any additional air in them. Road surfaces were 90% tarmac but included approx. 50% of wonderful UK roads. I am not the lightest rider (I was approx 115Kg last summer). I was very impressed with their performance compared to some of the other riders’ tyre choices. My one issue was they seemed quite hard compared to the Challenge Gravel Grinder Pro’s I had been using during training. Simon
Very interesting mike the bike, had a quick look and they compare tubeless with latex and butyl inners (mountain bikes mind) and I was suprised to see how good latex is. Sort of justified my choice for the past 20+ years.
Have a look at bicyclerollingresistance.com, they go deep into this subject and it's sometimes a real eye-opener.
Best of luck.