Which Tyres?

There was a Tour test as well. Will report, can't be bothered going down the stairs with the crutches again.

I seem to remember the gp4000s ii doing very well in the aeros as well as rolling resistance which put it above some technically quicker tyres.

Aeros is far too wheel specific

That is obviously the best clincher but I was looking at tubeless test.

In my totally anecdotal 'real world' tests, the difference between Continental 4 Seasons and Vittoria Corsa Evo CX was a shit load of Strava PRs and one KOM over the course of 2 days of riding.
If I change to 26mm Spesh turbo cottons I will become king of the world!

If I change to 26mm Spesh turbo cottons I will become king of middle-earth!

ftfy.

If I change to 26mm Spesh turbo cottons I will become king of middle-earth!

ftfy.

Basically already am tbh

You should send a PM to @Oleg_Tinkov - he needs a replacement for Contador after next season.

Full disclosure: My KOM is on my very specific, only I know the route, commute. BUT if they need a replacement for Contador then I really should get in touch...

Hail the Rapha Etape musette for schlepping with crutches. This begs the question of course: what do I have to understand as a badly puncture protected tubeless tyre as they say the Specialized is?

Wheels we follow later.

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I have a scwhalbe one tubeless tyre with a sidewall cut that is too big for sealant to seal.My assumption is that a normal patch would herniate through and then burst. The plan is to put a patch inside made from a section of another tyre and vulcanise it in place.

Thinking of swapping out the Sammy Slicks on my CaadX for something a bit faster, use it over the winter. In short if I want, fast(er), 28c, ok puncture protection but road feel is more important then my options are.....? Go.

Pave

Gravel king. My 26s roll pretty well. Not OC well but definitely quicker than duranos. Think they do a 28 too

been out of the game for a minute; is a Ribmo still in the top picks for winter tarck bike tyre?

Yup

brill-o-pads, ta boss

maxxis refuse or schawlbe marathon supreme for commuting tyre for missus?

She has been using Supremes for last couple of years with minimal puncture just wondering if refuse would be nicer .. they weigh and cost about the same. Do refuse come up narrow compared to schwalbe? They will be sitting on DT Swiss R24 wide rim.

Dunno how they compare to Schwalbe, but they come up narrow. GP4S? Been good for me.

Tubeless for Dummies

OK here is an update on my 'mileage' (kilometreage?) on my REAR Hutchinson Sector 28 tubeless.

With the exact date I was able to go on Garmin Connect and run a report on my distance etc since then, and I have done:-

8,596.2 kms

over 425 hours 36 mins 21 secs

averaging 20.1 kms including stops

and climbing 62,618 metres

THE TYRE STILL HAS A NICELY ROUNDED PROFILE, AND I'M PRETTY CHUFFED.....

The wheels are tubeless compatible .. I think I am not ready for sealant mess yet ..

A short tale to illustrate a maintenance issue...

Two days ago I felt my rear tyre begin to get 'squirrelly', meaning pressure reduced. I stopped and it was quite a bit down, and I found a tiny hole in the sidewall, bubbling but not sealing. I put my finger on it and gave it ten seconds, and it was sealed. I pumped tyre up to nearly the pressure I usually use, and finished the ride. It cost me four minutes....

Having lent my bottle of sealant to my local bike shop, I took the bike there the next day, with my "putting extra fluid in" syringe, and I showed them the tiny hole (now sealed solid) and suggested that the tyre was probably just about empty of sealant fluid, which would account for the delayed seal and loss of significant pressure.

The owner agreed and showed me an easy way to test. First you unscrew the valve core, with the valve situated a 3 o'clock, so any fluid will have drained away and not spurt all over the place. Then you put the valve at the bottom. Then you get a tiny Allen key and dip it to the inside bottom of the tyre, withdraw it, and read off the level of the fluid.

My tyre had none.....

We reposed it, and you then have to reinflate / reseat the tyre...

The moral of the story is that I was lucky, cos if there had not been the last dregs of fluid in the tyre, it would not have sealed, and I would have had to put in a tube, which would have taken much longer.

The tyre had done maybe three months and 7,000 kms and the fluid was just about gone...

I strongly suggest you check your sealant regularly.

Any recommendations for a training tyre that has awesome puncture protection? I'm currently using a pair of GP4000SII and almost all the time that I go to the highway for a long training session I get a puncture.