tire recommandation please

feck sake lads

700x28 tires whats your favorite ,i need to get new tires for my new wheels light touring i have in mind ,i'm looking for a tire thats light good puncture proof good on wet roads;)
i always use mitchlin pro on my road bike and marathon's on my tourer, this new bike will be pulling a trailer and when not touring will be used for everything else.
cheers
fsl;)

petethedrummer

Have these in a 32 for commuting and trips to the motherland with panniers at the weekends. My brother has my old 28s of the same model on his hybrid.

http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Models.aspx?ModelID=30218

Last time I cycled home I had a 23C gatorskin on the front because I was going for a cycle in the mountains with a mate the following day and didn't want 2 slow tyres on. I figured it would be grand as I only have rear panniers and no extra weight on the front. Maybe something to consider.

I had a double puncture (1 in each tyre) in Dublin city centre in January. But I think I ran over a large sharp object on Wexford st. No punctures in the 4 months since then though, doing about 150k a week.

feck sake lads

thanks buddy i actually have them on my touring bike 599x1.25 very good tires but i want a faster tire to be honest .
something like a slick would suit but whats out there that would do the job.

SomeFool

Conti Gatorskins get my vote

Holyboy

SomeFool wrote: »

Conti Gatorskins get my vote

I agree, it's hard to go wrong with them, good price point, good grip, good puncture protection and low rolling resistance, what more could one want?
The schwalbe marathon range is also good too though!

blorg

Plenty of 'race' tyres in 28 now. I have used Maxxis Columbiere in 25 and very happy with them, very nice rolling tyre, in a different league to Gatorskins. They also come in 28. Used Schwalbe Stelvio in 28 to ride to Istanbul, also very nice although the rear was squared off by the end of it. Durano is the replacement, Ultremos are also in 28 but Lumen reports them narrow.

Gatorskins you won't get the ride quality but they will probably be more durable.

Lumen

blorg wrote: »

Ultremos are also in 28 but Lumen reports them narrow.

I was happily commuting on Ultremo 28s for months. Nice tyre, if not quite as wide as I wanted.

I was a bit scared about the reports of exploding sidewalls, so I ditched them as soon as I got my first puncture, thinking they were on the way out, and replaced them with Vittoria Rubino Pro 28s. I crashed on a wet roundabout in the Phoenix Park the first week on those.

Moral of the story: when replacing race tyres for something "safer", reduce speed in the wet.

feck sake lads

thank's lads i was in the bike shop this morning and went and bought a pair of panaracer ribmo in 28x700 they look a great tire and the bike shop owner said the bike couriers use them lot which is always a good sign;)
can't test them out just yet as i'm still waiting on parts for the bike namely barend shifters and wider bars ,(think i have the bars sussed though ).

nattefrost

feck sake lads wrote: »

thank's lads i was in the bike shop this morning and went and bought a pair of panaracer ribmo in 28x700 they look a great tire and the bike shop owner said the bike couriers use them lot which is always a good sign;)
can't test them out just yet as i'm still waiting on parts for the bike namely barend shifters and wider bars ,(think i have the bars sussed though ).

have had ribmos on my second bike for about 6 months now and i find them a great tire

feck sake lads

nattefrost wrote: »

have had ribmos on my second bike for about 6 months now and i find them a great tire

brilliant news i wont get to try them for a couple weeks yet so good to hear there the business,

petethedrummer

I had a Ribmo and didn't like it. Felt slow.

feck sake lads

petethedrummer wrote: »

I had a Ribmo and didn't like it. Felt slow.

ahh peter why did you tell me that:D:D
if wont really matter that much my days of riding fast are well gone:mad:

petethedrummer

Just planting the seeds of doubt . But really, I didn't like the tyre. Then again I used to hate gatorskins, but they're ok now. These will be fine...



... for about a week.



No, really they'll be fine...



...(ish).

feck sake lads

petethedrummer wrote: »

Just planting the seeds of doubt . But really, I didn't like the tyre. Then again I used to hate gatorskins, but they're ok now. These will be fine...



... for about a week.



No, really they'll be fine...



...(ish).

:Das long as they don't leak air I'll be happy;)