Help required to on tyre choice

[Mark Walker]

Thuis is the brief.Should you choose to accept it.
I ride to work and back each day and a 40 plus on a weekend.
Fairly newish to cycling (at least for buying gear) my ride consists of 90% road 10 path /tracks etc.
I use a cx bike with new Omega road wheels (I think), please recomend me a cheap hardwearing tyre to see me through the winter .
Possibly looking at a 28mm - 30mm what do you think ?
After puncturing twice in three rides I am leaning towards puncture protection over speed!.
I lok forward to any advese , replies links etc.
regards
Mark

 

[HLaB]

Being a cross bike it should have clearance for that size of tyre and 28mm ytye usually give a good balance of speed and comfort. Marathon Pluses are well reviewed if you are looking for good p'ture protection.

 

[Rickshaw Phil]

Based on that brief I'd suggest Continental TourRide which are available pretty cheap here. I run them in a mountain bike size on my knockabout bike and have only had 1 slow puncture in over 3500 miles, so they are reasonably tough. They seem to roll well on the road but have an aggressive enough tread to grip off road too.

I realise that the thinnest shown is a 32c, but my experience is that in the 700c sizes they are actually narrower than the label suggests, so the 32 will be nearer to a 30 once fitted.

 

[mattsr]

If puncture protection is your top priority, go for Marathon +. I've had them on my commuter for three years without a single visit from the puncture fairy.

 

[Mark Walker]

Many thanks for the replies chaps
went to my LBS and they had a pair of Shawlbe marathon plus in for £17 each , asked Emma to buy me them for xmas.
Mind you i have googled them and they seem to be a pain in the a**e to fit ?
Anyone had problems fitting them ?

 

[Ex EnergyMan]

Marathon Plus are great, just a drop of fairy Liquid round the rim and they pop on. I've fitted them to all three bikes and so far never a problem.
£17 is an excellent price.

 

[sreten]

Hi,

Cheap, hard wearing , tough decent winter tyres with puncture protection ? :
http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/michelin-city-road-tyre/rp-prod26232 (reflex version)
Probably rolls better than :
http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/continental-touring-plus-bike-tyre/rp-prod30218
Better puncture protection.
32mm IMO should be fine on a cyclocross bike.
£20 a pair delivered for either you can't go too far wrong.

rgds, sreten.

 

[Mark Walker]

saw my "surprise xmas present in the car boot, 2 marathon tires , however not as far as I can see marathon plus , still a good present though.

 

[Rickshaw Phil]

saw my "surprise xmas present in the car boot, 2 marathon tires , however not as far as I can see marathon plus , still a good present though.

The standard Marathon is a great tyre - you'll get on fine with it.

I have them on my best bike and would recommend them (if you hadn't said cheap ). Good grip, hard wearing, very puncture resistant and I doubt you'll have any problems fitting them, unlike the M+.

 

[andyfraser]

The standard Marathon is a great tyre - you'll get on fine with it.

I have them on my best bike and would recommend them (if you hadn't said cheap ). Good grip, hard wearing, very puncture resistant and I doubt you'll have any problems fitting them, unlike the M+.

I seem to have the knack for putting new Marathon Pluses on. I did have to watch a few YouTube videos to work out what that knack was though.

 

[Mark Walker]

The standard Marathon is a great tyre - you'll get on fine with it.

I have them on my best bike and would recommend them (if you hadn't said cheap ). Good grip, hard wearing, very puncture resistant and I doubt you'll have any problems fitting them, unlike the M+.

Many thanks , can look forward to the 25th now
regards
Mark