Puncture Resistance Tyres / Tubes

themandan6611

had a mare of a day hitting a serious hole with both front and back tyres puncturing and a buckle to behold for my troubles = wheels have done approx 3000km and time for a change - any advice as to a good set of wheels/tyre and whats the best puncture resistance tubes ? thanks

Continental Gatorskins are highly regarded around here, although some have had troubles with them. Alternatively there's Armadillos but they are meant to perform poorly in the wet.

I'd say how long it's been since I've had a puncture while using Gatorskins but I always feel I'm tempting fate whenever I say it.

themandan6611

thanks, any tips on which shop sells at a good price ?

JacksonHeightsOwn

i got mine in the superstore, only 22 euro fitted i think, or even a little cheaper

they`re a little harder than your standard tyre is the only noticeable difference

my bro has armadillos, they are supposed to be near impregnable, but they are super stiff, talk about feeling every bump, and yeah, ive read the reports on being not too good in wet as well, but going on an averge mans speed, i cant see how that would ever be an issue

http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/ & http://www.wiggle.co.uk/

Greenman

Mavic wheels. Nothing fancy needed, Stainless double butted spokes.

Schwalbe tyres. http://www.schwalbe.co.uk/shop.sfxp I've never punctured with 8 years of using these tyres.

If you are in Dublin.
Humphries Cycles,3 McKee rd Finglas 11, Co. Dublin Ask for Jimmy and if Steve Flynn is still making wheels he's your man.

Ryaner

Greenman wrote: »

Mavic wheels. Nothing fancy needed, Stainless double butted spokes.

Schwalbe tyres. http://www.schwalbe.co.uk/shop.sfxp I've never punctured with 8 years of using these tyres.

If you are in Dublin.
Humphries Cycles,3 McKee rd Finglas 11, Co. Dublin Ask for Jimmy and if Steve Flynn is still making wheels he's your man.

I'll second Humphries for wheels. Have a pair over Open Pros made by them which are almost perfectly true after 2000km. Had one issue with them the first day where some spokes came loose and they happy took them back and redid the whole lot. Its the longest I've ever had a set of wheels go true for.

Re: gatorskins. They do protect against punctures but you need to pay extra care after you get one. They tend to hide the glass/metal/whatever in the rubber beside the kelvar belt.
They are bloodly slippy in the wet too. A lot more noticeable then the Kenda stock tyres I got with my bike.

fletch

Greenman wrote: »

Schwalbe tyres. http://www.schwalbe.co.uk/shop.sfxpI've never punctured with 8 years of using these tyres.[/B]

WOW that's impressive :eek:

ednwireland

Greenman wrote: »

I've never punctured with 8 years of using these tyres.

Location: Nr Antwerp,Belgium

how long you been there greenman ?
surfaces slightly better i guess ?
i've schwalbe luganos and on a day where people were puncturing all round i didnt (the guy i rode with got 4)
i also use maxxis refuse on the winter bike and the tread was cut to shreads before i chenged it but no punctures.

got standard continental and vittoria tubes at the moment

DualFrontDiscs

Greenman wrote: »

Mavic wheels. Nothing fancy needed, Stainless double butted spokes.

Schwalbe tyres. http://www.schwalbe.co.uk/shop.sfxp I've never punctured with 8 years of using these tyres.

+1. I have Mavic T520 36 spoke (double butted) rims on most of my bikes. And Schwalbe Marathon Plus tyres. Obviously not the lightest solution in the world, but pretty much bullet proof. I have Schwalbe Big Apples on the trike and they work very well too.

DFD.