Lifeline Tyres

mistermatthew

Buying some new tyres and see wiggle/chainreaction are running a line of "lifeline tyres'. Very low cost.

https://www.wiggle.co.uk/lifeline-prime-race-road-tyre-1/
https://www.wiggle.co.uk/lifeline-prime-armour-road-tyre/

They get decent reviews. https://road.cc/content/review/185729-lifeline-prime-race

Has anyone used them? Thoughts. The new GP5000s are soo expensive and I do wonder if its becoming a bit of a rip off.

Eamonnator

No help, I'm afraid, but if you decide to go for these, will you let us know, what you think of them. They look like a great bargain.

Weepsie

I've had the road race ones for the 3 weeks. Got a puncture the other day on them, but it was a big shard of glass that might even have gone through Marathons, or at least have dented them.

So far, so good, sidewills seem a bit flimsy, and mine were very easy to put on, but they were relatively A319 rims and 28c tyres so it should be easy. I'll probably go back to the Marathons though for the commuter though.

mistermatthew

Weepsie wrote: »

I've had the road race ones for the 3 weeks. Got a puncture the other day on them, but it was a big shard of glass that might even have gone through Marathons, or at least have dented them.

So far, so good, sidewills seem a bit flimsy, and mine were very easy to put on, but they were relatively A319 rims and 28c tyres so it should be easy. I'll probably go back to the Marathons though for the commuter though.

Think I might go for the race ones too. The more puncture proof ones seem similar aim to gatorskins or Durano plus.

Sometimes it does seem crazy paying car tyre prices for bicycle tires

Get In There

I have them. I've the lifeline prime armour on my winter bike which I use for commuting. I'm on my second set. They're great value, puncture protection is great. They don't roll as nicely as the gp4000s but they're still good enough esp at half the price.

They're a bit narrow though, 25 is more like a 23.