Winter Tyres

[Michelin]

Can anyone recommend a good set of winter tyres. Want to upgrade so that I try to keep the punctures down

 

[Slick]

This will be the usual array of protection v rolling resistance but for me it's Durano + although it's a very unscientific preference.

 

[DCLane]

I'm presuming road tyres?

Either Continental GP 4Seasons or Durano Etape / +

 

[Juan Kog]

Schwalbe durano + folding version have been my winter tyre for a number years . I haven't tried the conti 4 seasons that's only because I'm a price sensitive cyclist.

 

[ianrauk]

Durano +

 

[Ming the Merciless]

What width can you fit?

 

[Ajax Bay]

To get any useful advice, the OP needs to say what surface they ride on, where in the country/urbanity, (roughly) what their frameset's clearance (width between fork blades probably).
Then consider the relative importance, to them, of: puncture resistance, weight, rolling resistance, durability, grip, cost. Let's have that in order.
Bicyclerollingresistance.com offers a (n apparently) impartial comparison site which I refer to in the first instance.
Here's one of tyres I've used on my road bike over the last few winters:
https://www.bicyclerollingresistanc...ndurance-v2-2015-vs-schwalbe-durano-plus-2017

 

[T.M.H.N.E.T]

I just ride on whatevers on the bike, usually 28mm tyres from my preferred brand.

Punctures are no different in December than they are in June

 

[Ming the Merciless]

I just ride on whatevers on the bike, usually 28mm tyres from my preferred brand.

Punctures are no different in December than they are in June

Apart from the cold 🥶 and mud coated tyres, you’re dead right.

 

[Juan Kog]

I just ride on whatevers on the bike, usually 28mm tyres from my preferred brand.

Punctures are no different in December than they are in June

Apart from the cold 🥶 and mud coated tyres, you’re dead right.

I'm with YukonBoy , there's a world of difference between a warm July morning and 3.30 on a mid December afternoon.

 

[rivers]

Pirelli Cinturato Velos are my go-to for winter. Excellent puncture protection, decent rolling resistance, and tubeless ready if that's your jam.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

I put marathons (Greenguard or supremes) on from sometime in Oct to end of March. Subject to what the roads look like and how the weather is going. Then remove them and put back in storage and put lighter / more supple tyres for the Warmer months.

 

[RichardB]

Punctures are no different in December than they are in June

Water is a lubricant for rubber, and wet tyres allow penetration by sharp objects more easily than dry ones. So there is a good reason to take extra precautions against p******** in the winter.

(I have created a post with the words 'lubricant', 'penetration' and 'precautions', apparently without irony. I feel slightly dirty.)

 

[fossyant]

Durano Plus - they were the only tyres that survived the glass on The Fallowfield Loop. Killed every other tyre I had.

 

[cyberknight]

I'm with YukonBoy , there's a world of difference between a warm July morning and 5.30 on a December morning