Best puncture resistant road bike tyres...

[Ajax Bay]

Time for @Ian H to share his ghetto glued tubed tubeless wheeze, I think.

 

[Supersuperleeds]

No one mentioned Tannus yet?

 

[mustang1]

In the past I have used and got really good results from
Schwalbe Marathon Supreme
And
Continental Gatorskin (even if they are a quite skittish around the corners so I slowed down a bit extra with these on wet roads).

Idk what the latest equivalents.of these are though as I'm talking about some years ago and you know how these things change over time.

 

[Chief Broom]

I'll probably opt for marathons when i start touring but for the last 15k miles ive been happy with road cruisers and not one puncture. Just ordered up another pair and good value at £32.99 plus tubes https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/193934826889

 

[matticus]

In the dictionary, under "Brave [adjective]":

for the last 15k miles ive been happy with road cruisers and not one puncture

 

[Mo1959]

In the past I have used and got really good results from
Schwalbe Marathon Supreme

I thought they were excellent. Shame they discontinued them.

 

[Mazz]

No one mentioned Tannus yet?

As the saying goes "Anyone for Tannus?"

 

[Ajax Bay]

No one mentioned Tannus yet?

I know @Racing roadkill was a user and aficionado but sadly no longer a valued contributer to these chats.
https://www.cyclechat.net/threads/tyre-advice.243017/#post-5459228

 

[vickster]

Not yet.

Anyone ever bought from MOOSE?
https://moose.co/products/copy-of-s...MI-rq5tMGRigMVIJdQBh3Zlzt8EAQYASABEgLhVfD_BwE

Cancel that...they haven't got my size. I was looking for 700x25mm

Spacycles are a good source for Schwalbe tyres for roadbikes
https://www.spacycles.co.uk/m14b0s142p0/Tyres-and-Tubes/Touring-Tyres
https://www.spacycles.co.uk/m14b0s142p31/SCHWALBE-Marathon-Plus-HS440

 

[Dogtrousers]

I just found out that if you put Marathon+ 25mm into google it works out what is a Marathon, plus 25mm. And the answer is:

 

[matticus]

I just found out that if you put Marathon+ 25mm into google it works out what is a Marathon, plus 25mm. And the answer is:
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We live in exciting times.

 

[Psamathe]

The trouble with "puncture resistance" on an anecdotal basis is assessing the tyre vs risk. I've done 35k miles on Marathon Plus and have had a few punctures but that becomes meaningless in that I have no idea if eg every ride I'm cycling over thorns/flint chips that would puncture a lesser tyre (so >1 puncture per ride) or if my roads are not big risks and I've only ever encounted a few thorns/flint chips and they've all gone through nd caused a flat.

Difficult to meaningfully assess how many punctures they've prevented without knowing "exposure to risk".

And then add that every tyre has a degree of "resistance" some minumal resistance, some more and some designed for max. resistance. So how "resistant" a tyre is anecdotally is dependent on what it's being compared with.

Ian

 

[vickster]

I thought they were excellent. Shame they discontinued them.

Spa have but only 700x40
https://www.spacycles.co.uk/m14b0s142p1034/SCHWALBE-Marathon-Supreme-HS469-Folding

 

[matticus]

The trouble with "puncture resistance" on an anecdotal basis is assessing the tyre vs risk. I've done 35k miles on Marathon Plus and have had a few punctures but that becomes meaningless in that I have no idea if eg every ride I'm cycling over thorns/flint chips that would puncture a lesser tyre (so >1 puncture per ride) or if my roads are not big risks and I've only ever encounted a few thorns/flint chips and they've all gone through nd caused a flat.

That's why we didn't ask for your opinion.

;-)

 

[kingrollo]

Gatorskins to avoid punctures - but the grip ain't great in the wet.