Is there a better tyre than a Continental Gatorskin for a road bike?

[vickster]

Continental Supersonics - really impressed and I must have done over 100 miles and no punctures!

A whole 100 miles? I wouldn't be celebrating just yet!

 

[G3CWI]

I finally settled on [ ] (now Fortezza Senso), which I love.

Is that a type of condom?

 

[Sharky]

A whole 100 miles? I wouldn't be celebrating just yet!

Yep about seven 10's and a 25 - really fast.

 

[User482]

Yep about seven 10's and a 25 - really fast.

Yeah, you're more likely to puncture if you ride slowly.

 

[Sharky]

Yeah, you're more likely to puncture if you ride slowly.

I should have punctured then.

When I say they are "fast", I mean fast for an OAP!
But they do feel good. Only use them for TT's on a good road surface. My other bike has city contacts.

 

[hantsbike]

Got to say that last November, I fitted Gatorskins to my and my wife's winter bikes in the expectation of a fault free winter.

Just the 8 punctures later, I'm not so sure that they were a good investment.

We do have a couple of mitigating factors. Blackthorn from hedges cut in November and then flint shards washed out of the roadsides.

Even so, I expected better.

 

[Scoosh]

Specialized Armadillo Elite.

 

[vickster]

Bontrager hard case or whatever they are called seem to get decent press

 

[Apollonius]

Bontrager hard case or whatever they are called seem to get decent press

I bought some for my winter steel bike and I hate them. Heavy as lead, kill the ride and not very puncture proof either. I'd rather have the punctures, thanks.

 

[Dan_Marshall]

Durano Plus 25mm on all 3 bikes, all year. Roll good, no 'P' at all (touch wood), really good in the wet and comfy.

Was on the Bontrager Hard Case before that and while great for puncture proof rubber, were very skittish in the wet and a very harsh ride!

Would like to try the Conti Gators but reviews have put me off - have stayed with the Durano's and been a happy rider

 

[alecstilleyedye]

i don't use them, a chap at work has them on his bike, and last week i found him squeezing the back tyre and rolling his eyes…

my personal tip is to keep the pressures as high as comfort/road conditions allow (i use 120psi rear and 100psi front on 622x23 vittoria rubino pros) and to replace tyres if punctures become a bit too regular, even if they're not worn through to the carcass…

 

[dan_bo]

Page 1 on how to ruin a road bike: Fit contis.

 

[danbhardy]

I've just got myself some gatorskins as they were recommended to me by merlin cycles (I live right near their warehouse).

Not fitted them yet but hoping they're as good as they made them out to be

 

[Garry A]

Just fitted some Duranos, hope they're good :-/

 

[2clepto]

ive been using gators for two years and theyre fab. one puncture in that time from a flinty like stone in a country layby, when i stopped for a break, it happened as i was leaving. still have the set on my raleigh. but this year over the autumn winter ive used Vittoria Randonneur (£26 pair wiggle) and im impressed alot, they staying on for the summer, i appreciate the grip. i ride dirt paths and roads 25mm.