Poll: What size tyres do you run on your commute

[Keith Oates]

700x38 - they were the ones on the bike when I bought it so I've stuck with that size when I've had to replace them.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[ianrauk]

Was looking at the armadillos actually and will give them a try when the current Durano Plus' wear out - thanks for the tip

They are very good tyres. Take a while to get up to speed but once rolling are pretty quick. They grip is very good in the wet too.
Have a google to get the best prices.
The last pair I got where from JE James.

 

[mjr]

They are very good tyres. Take a while to get up to speed but once rolling are pretty quick. They grip is very good in the wet too.

Just to offer a counterpoint: they seemed to change to a grippier make-up a few years ago and then they gripped a little too well for me, holding debris on the tyre long enough for the road to hammer it through. I also stopped buying Specialized because of Roubaix and a few other things... but I may fit my last Armadillo to a bike for this winter when I get a round tuit, just because it grips well and is better than the tyre currently on one of my bikes.

 

[KneesUp]

I'm usually on 26x1.5 as I have some sketchy streets on my commute, sometimes 700x28 if I get out the Technium for speed, or 650A on the Raleigh Sports for the charm factor inherent therein.

I'm also on 26 x 1.5 for the same reason. 700 x 25 is far too uncomfortable.

 

[Dan_Marshall]

They are very good tyres. Take a while to get up to speed but once rolling are pretty quick. They grip is very good in the wet too.
Have a google to get the best prices.
The last pair I got where from JE James.

Thanks man - being over 100kg myself I'm not too worried about the weight lol! But puncture protection and grip (here in always wet Dublin) is a big importance!

Thanks again

 

[captain nemo1701]

29 inch 2.1 width knobblies.

 

[alecstilleyedye]

700 x 23 vittoria rubino pros on both weekend bike and commuter. bit sketchy when it's icy, but what isn't that will run on a road frame?

 

[mickle]

I commute a paltry 1.5 miles each way. It's so short that tyre sizes don't make any odds to me.

But anyway: 700 x 32
26 X 2.5
20 (406) x 2.1 and 26 x 1.9

 

[Smurfy]

The narrowest. Nothing else would fit with mudguards, and nobody wants to turn up at work with a brown stripe up their back.