Are entry level tyres any good ?

[Marky-boy]

Morning all, just wandered if these entry level tyres are any good? My new bike is a specialised allez triple which comes with specialised esoir sport tyres and is was wandering if its worth spending £20-£30 on a pair of new tyres as an upgrade and have seen a lot of schwalbe lugano and blizzard sport tyres, are these worth the money or would it be worth leaving the current ones on the bike ??

Any idvice gratefully recieved,
Cheers,
Mark.

 

[black'n'yellow]

I suppose it depends what you mean by 'any good'. Every tyre is a compromise between performance, grip, weight, reliability and durability - it depends what your priorities are and what kind of riding you do...

 

[Judderz]

Stay away fro Schwalbe Blizzards....one word....crap

 

[Kiwiavenger]

i swapped the spec tyres on my allez for luganos, ive done 1000 miles on them so far and only had 2 punctures (3-4 mill bits of glass forced through in the wet) roll really nice and where relatively cheap. plus they colour code well with my black and white allez!! lol.

 

[Marky-boy]

Hi b&y, at the moment im doing a daily commute of around 15 miles, with a bigger sunday morning run of around 30-50 miles and i have enterted my first sportive which is in july ?? Nothing to serious but i realise you get what you pay for.
Thanks again.

 

[Marky-boy]

i swapped the spec tyres on my allez for luganos, ive done 1000 miles on them so far and only had 2 punctures (3-4 mill bits of glass forced through in the wet) roll really nice and where relatively cheap. plus they colour code well with my black and white allez!! lol.

I agree with you, its all about the black and white !!!
LOL..

 

[black'n'yellow]

Stay away fro Schwalbe Blizzards....one word....crap

I'm not sure I agree with that. I rode over 2,500 miles on a pair of Schwalbe Blizzards in the worst of this winter without a single puncture. Although the rear is now junk, the front is still good - but for a pair of tyres that cost me less than £20 that can't be bad. Just goes to show that impressions can be different, I guess...

 

[Marky-boy]

I'm not sure I agree with that. I rode over 2,500 miles on a pair of Schwalbe Blizzards in the worst of this winter without a single puncture. Although the rear is now junk, the front is still good - but for a pair of tyres that cost me less than £20 that can't be bad. Just goes to show that impressions can be different, I guess...

Yeah fair point, thanks for your time.

 

[black'n'yellow]

Hi b&y, at the moment im doing a daily commute of around 15 miles, with a bigger sunday morning run of around 30-50 miles and i have enterted my first sportive which is in july ?? Nothing to serious but i realise you get what you pay for.
Thanks again.

Something like the Vittoria Rubino Pro or Conti Gatorskin would be my choice - probably in 25c width for a bit of added comfort...

 

[Judderz]

I'm not sure I agree with that. I rode over 2,500 miles on a pair of Schwalbe Blizzards in the worst of this winter without a single puncture. Although the rear is now junk, the front is still good - but for a pair of tyres that cost me less than £20 that can't be bad. Just goes to show that impressions can be different, I guess...

I bought a pair too, rode them a couple of times, and it was like riding on glue, a couple of others on here said the same, so swapped them back for Continental Ultras, which I have never had a problem with. Personal preference I guess.

 

[Marky-boy]

Found some continental ultras i think on ebay,a pair for £27 and i can have them in white !!
Happy days,
Thanks again.

 

[green1]

I'd stick to black rubber, Carbon Black which is the pigment used in black rubber reinforces the rubber and makes it more resistant to wear and UV degradation.

 

[jay clock]

I'm not sure I agree with that. I rode over 2,500 miles on a pair of Schwalbe Blizzards in the worst of this winter without a single puncture. Although the rear is now junk, the front is still good - but for a pair of tyres that cost me less than £20 that can't be bad. Just goes to show that impressions can be different, I guess...

I have two pairs of Schwalbe Blizzards and ditto tons of mileage with virtually no problems. One "event" that I think was a badly installed tube- by me! They seem have far fewer cuts and nicks in them than most other tyres get. So I recommend them, and mine were £6.99per tyre and that was the folding one

 

[T.M.H.N.E.T]

I'm not sure I agree with that. I rode over 2,500 miles on a pair of Schwalbe Blizzards in the worst of this winter without a single puncture. Although the rear is now junk, the front is still good - but for a pair of tyres that cost me less than £20 that can't be bad. Just goes to show that impressions can be different, I guess...

I have two road bikes both with Blizzard's fitted(Changes from Spesh All-Weather on my Allez). Sportive a couple weekends ago,up over gravelly road every other gateway had an upside down bike in it with a puncture getting fixed. My Blizzards are still running the same pressure today and through 6inch puddles,never gave any sort of bad feedback. Maybe I was lucky,maybe it was the tyre,maybe the guys with punctures were unlucky. Maybe they were riding on blizzard's too :P

(I've never understood why people rate tyres on the number of punctures they get. Surely if your tyres (any tyre) have picked up glass then you are riding somewhere you shouldn't be and/or are not paying attention to what you are riding on.) Often wonder is the rider crap opposed to the tyre

Oh and btw: Hi

 

[Marky-boy]

Hi T.M.H.N.E.T, and thanks for your reply. Great point about how you can judge tyres by how many punctures you,ve got, i guess a lot of it is just down to preference i suppose.
Thanks for your time.