schwalbe ???

[outlash]

Now I really, really hated GP 4 Seasons. Talk about high maintenance, you really have to check them after every wet ride or you're in trouble ime. If you do get a puncture it seems to be a tiny thing that's worked its way through and is really hard to find particularly in the wet and dark of a winter ride. The cost made me even more unhappy. I've been on rides with others using GP4 Seasons and I haven't seen anything to make me think they are puncture resistant.

Yet I asked about 'winter' tyres on my CC's forum and almost everyone recommended GP 4 seasons. The standard answer on here is Gatorskins. Maybe tyres are like saddles? Everyone's got a favourite?


Tony.

 

[martint235]

Agree entirely. It is personal preference and the OP should remember that no tyre is puncture proof, I've managed to puncture a Marathon on my commute.

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

Was considering a pair of Durano's for my Ribble (the aluminium 'winter' bike)

However, I've read somewhere in a magazine one of the patients gave me when he went home ('Cycling Plus'??) that they're a rather large carcass for the given size.
That said, I was wondering if they'll fit under the SKS mudguards on the Ribble, without rubbing, as it'll only take '23' sections

Also Vittoria Rubino Pro was another one rated in the tyre tests

Suggestions, please?

 

[martint235]

Was considering a pair of Durano's for my Ribble (the aluminium 'winter' bike)

However, I've read somewhere in a magazine one of the patients gave me when he went home ('Cycling Plus'??) that they're a rather large carcass for the given size.
That said, I was wondering if they'll fit under the SKS mudguards on the Ribble, without rubbing, as it'll only take '23' sections

Also Vittoria Rubino Pro was another one rated in the tyre tests

Suggestions, please?

23mm Duranos shouldn't give you any issues with your mudguards.

I now use Rubinos on the distance bike (as I don't do as many long rides). They are ok but you're back in the realm of normal puncture performance really. If I puncture a Durano, I'm surprised, if I puncture a Rubino, I just shrug and fix it. Given the relative costs I'd say they are as good as each other hence I now use the cheaper Rubinos. If I was going to do a 200 mile solo ride, I'd have Duranos back on.

 

[Andrew Br]

Now I really, really hated GP 4 Seasons. Talk about high maintenance, you really have to check them after every wet ride or you're in trouble ime. If you do get a puncture it seems to be a tiny thing that's worked its way through and is really hard to find particularly in the wet and dark of a winter ride. The cost made me even more unhappy. I've been on rides with others using GP4 Seasons and I haven't seen anything to make me think they are puncture resistant.

As has been said, tyres are a personal thing; I love my 4 Seasons. I've had one puncture in 3000+ miles and that was caused by a piece of glass that would have probably taken out a Marathon+.
I had a similar lack of punctures with Gatorskins but they were so slippery in the wet that I changed them for Vittoria Pave SGs.
The Paves were great; (grippy, fast rolling, light) but they didn't last very long (2000 miles ?) before they started to cut up really badly.

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[e-rider]

I am doing a long distance charity ride next year and would like to bring up the old debate once again regarding tyre choice.
I shall be riding with my stock tyres until just before the event, before purchasing my new ones. I was set on getting gators but was wondering if anyone has used or currently riding with Schwalbe Laguno's. Both puncture resistant or whatever they call it.
Thoughts please......

buy yourself some decent tyres, not these cheapos. Continental GP4000S are good all-rounders.

 

[SatNavSaysStraightOn]

Durano pluses here for the last +4,000 miles. Only the 1 fairy visit - a hawthorn thorn from a newly cut hedge that would have taken any tyre out and even then it was only a slow flat, (the annoying sort that you wake up to 2 days later...)