Reasonable priced tyre puncture resistant

Kevincavan83

Hi folks,
Somehow manged to tear the side wall of my front tyre,(the joy of commuting).
With Santa coming around the corner, I'm looking for a cheap road tyre for road bike with some sorr of puncture protection.
Bricks n mortar preferably in Dublin if anyone knows any good prices

thekooman

can't beat a Gatorskin for wear and protection. never have punctured on 1

G1032

Schwalbe Durano Plus Smartguard

Macy0161

It is a compromise, the more puncture resistant you go.

Despite the ballache of putting them on, and the weight, I still use Schwalbe Marathon Plus. I haven't really had issues with their handling, but I do watch it cornering after everyone slagging off the handling on previous threads on here.

Keep talking about swapping them for the summers, but still love their puncture resistance!

Cee-Jay-Cee

I recommend Schwalbe Lugano's, they can be picked up fur around €20 in most bike shops (CSS had them st that price not too long ago) They have excellent puncture resistance without being ridiculously heavy.

Kevincavan83

Cee-Jay-Cee wrote: »

I recommend Schwalbe Lugano's, they can be picked up fur around €20 in most bike shops (CSS had them st that price not too long ago) They have excellent puncture resistance without being ridiculously heavy.

Yeah they still do.
For €20 i didnt know if they were good

dragratchet

+1 on the lugano's. though you're getting fleeced paying 20 quid for them. never paid more than 13 for them in css and other spots.

rolling resistance is poor on them though i suppose its not a big deal for commuting. switched to conti ultra sports recently and there's a noticeable difference.

Kevincavan83

dragratchet wrote: »

+1 on the lugano's. though you're getting fleeced paying 20 quid for them. never paid more than 13 for them in css and other spots.

rolling resistance is poor on them though i suppose its not a big deal for commuting. switched to conti ultra sports recently and there's a noticeable difference.

Just got a set for €12.49 each on CRC
free delivery too.
Thanks lads.

G1032

The Lugano tyres don't last p!ssing time though....... I had a set before and they only lasted less than 3,000km

Cee-Jay-Cee

G1032 wrote: »

The Lugano tyres don't last p!ssing time though....... I had a set before and they only lasted less than 3,000km

Yeah I agree with wear rate but for the price of them and their puncture resistance I find them hard to beat. I've had two sets of them and never had a single puncture on either set. I got roughly 2500kms from the first set and closer to 3000km from the second set.

uck51js9zml2yt

Glad to hear about the lugano. Have a set on the bike I got from CRC in their black Friday deals.

Red Kev

Cee-Jay-Cee wrote: »

I recommend Schwalbe Lugano's, they can be picked up fur around €20 in most bike shops (CSS had them st that price not too long ago) They have excellent puncture resistance without being ridiculously heavy.

Luganos are excellent for puncture resistance, but wear quickly. The biggest issue I had with them was grip in the wet. Turning right on any polished surface was dodgy, turning right where there were lines painted was lethal. I switched back to the Duranos and am more than happy with them.

Schwalbe Durano plus for winter, maybe the Luganos for summer.

UDP

Continental GP 4 seasons I have found are great. Seems to be a good compromise between wear, grip and protection against punctures.

Alanbt

G1032 wrote: »

Schwalbe Durano Plus Smartguard

This.

Has been bulletproof for my commuting. Really good tyre for reliability

aFlabbyPanda

G1032 wrote: »

Schwalbe Durano Plus Smartguard

These were bombproof for over 10,000km of commuting.