Best puncture resistant road bike tyres...

[Supersuperleeds]

Marathon plus, I've never had problems getting them on, can get them on without using levers. might have snapped one or two levers getting tyres off though.

 

[HLaB]

Marathon Plus are pretty much fit and forget. But as people say, a pain to get on and off the rims.
I've used Durano Plus for many years.

Oddly enough the one p'ture I changed on a cycle chat ride was on somebodies bike Marathon + tyres. They had snapped their tyre levers. Whilst on all accounts p'tures are rare with Marathon + tyres make sure you have a good set of tyre levers for that eventuality @Mazz if you opt for them.

My tact during chemo 5 years ago when my hands were worse than Reynauds was tubeless but I had tubeless rims already its expensive if you don't and whilst I like the system some folk don't get the set up right. Those rims have trickled down to my commuter unfortunately I don't have enough clearance on the front to run a 25mm tubeless tyre but I do on the rear, and touchwood the tubeless tyre has only had one deflation which I noticed and it sealed so it was only a case of pumping the tyre up. (5 years later my hands have recovered to the Renauds level, peripheral neuropathy, my feet suffer too).

 

[Mazz]

The Rubino has always been pretty good with puncture resistance in my experience, that being said if you want something reasonably priced with better protection, the Vittoria Zaffiro Pro hits the mark - the tread is a little thicker and so is the protection belt, generally pitched as a "training tire" but I found it to be excellent as a commuter, pretty good durability and doesn't puncture often - I've run quite a few down to the casing commuting in winter when I wasn't paying attention to the tyres.

I keep changing around looking at other tyres, but I often keep coming back to them - just get the pro version with the folding bead rather than the cheaper wired version.

Yes Vittoria make very good tyres. My Rubino Pro's have been on for over 5 years of daily commute, tenner a piece so got my money's worth for sure.

 

[Marchrider]

Have been on Marathon plus (the blue one) for a decade or more now, i will pick up 2 or 3 punctures a year but most of them are not apparent until the next day so luckily (and i'm tempting fate for tomorrow) I have had very few to mend on the road.

A couple of thoughts about living with them - when they are new, ride them for a dozen miles with as low a pressure (15psi) as low as you dare. this supple's them up nicely
For getting them on and off, I use releasable cable ties to hold some of the bead into the valley of the rim, this gives more tyre to get over the rim. same taking them off, force some of the bead into the valley then use levers on the opposite side.

 

[Mazz]

For getting them on and off, I use releasable cable ties to hold some of the bead into the valley of the rim, this gives more tyre to get over the rim. same taking them off, force some of the bead into the valley then use levers on the opposite side.

Sorry I don't understand this bit. I just can't picture what's going on. Maybe there's a video of it somewhere.

The low pressure ride thing is interesting.👍

 

[Ajax Bay]

View: https://youtu.be/-XUFVrl0UT4?si=uGRzCqZMOewXvi1_

 

[fossyant]

Plenty of tips around to fit tight new tyres, talc, washing up liquid, decent tyre levers and having a warm tyre. Most of mine can be fitted by my thumbs other than my Schwalbe Snow Studs and the Land Cruisers.

 

[mjr]

- when they are new, ride them for a dozen miles with as low a pressure (15psi) as low as you dare. this supple's them up nicely

That sounds more likely to split the side walls

 

[Mazz]

View: https://youtu.be/-XUFVrl0UT4?si=uGRzCqZMOewXvi1_

I was waiting for the fella to use a tyre lever for the last bit, but he didn't even need it!
I just need to make sure I carry some toast wraps.

 

[fossyant]

I was waiting for the fella to use a tyre lever for the last bit, but he didn't even need it!
I just need to make sure I carry some toast wraps.

Toast Wraps - good for a lunch break as well !

 

[Marchrider]

Sorry I don't understand this bit. I just can't picture what's going on. Maybe there's a video of it somewhere.

The low pressure ride thing is interesting.👍

That video above shows pretty much what i'm doing, although I use a lot more ties, may be half a dozen
The releasable cable ties is a forestry type product, they're incredibly useful just to have on the bike and often come in useful for securing stuff to the bike

That sounds more likely to split the side walls

I suppose there is that possibility, as the whole idea is to break up the structure of the tyre to make it more pliable
may be I should of said use a lower pressure than normal to get a bit of flex into the sidewalls

Saying that, last winter, or may be it was the one before that - I got a rear flat about 5 miles from home, it was windy, it was sleating, I was tired and couldn't be bothered and I knew the tyre was old I thought i would risk it. kept as much weight above the front as possible, listened out for any road to metal sounds and just kept riding

Fixed the puncture the next day and the tyre seemed undamaged - they're tough things these marathon pluses

 

[fossyant]

I've never been beaten by a tyre. Talc the inside of the tyre and the tube, then Pedros levers for the troublesome tyres. As said, most of mine go on by hand over 10 sets of wheels/tyres.

 

[abcd efg]

Schwalbe Marathon Plus always seem to get mentioned when this subject comes up. For puncture resistance, they are hard to beat. I have them on a couple of bikes and don't recall having a puncture with them.

Here's another vote for Schwalbe Marathon Plus tyres. I changed from regular Marathons to Marathon Pluses for my Airnimal Joey after getting two thorn punctures in three days. There are not quite as nippy as the reguar Marathons but the time lost on a ride is considerably less than the amount of time lost repairing punctures.

 

[steverob]

Note that (to my knowledge) the Schwalbe Durano range is being discontinued - it no longer appears on Schwalbe's website and looking at most bike retailers, they only seem to have them in stock in very limited sizes (usually only 700x23 and maybe some 25's).

The blurb on the Schwlabe website seems to suggest the Schwlabe One 365 is the direct replacement for the Durano DD, while the Schwlabe One Plus is equivalent to the Durano Plus. Then there's also a Schwlabe One and a Schwlabe Pro One, but it's not clear what they are the successors to.

 

[Mazz]

If I went for the Durano Plus, would I need to use the "tie wrap trick" to get them on when doing a roadside repair?
Or can they be refitted with just tyre levers?