-
Good advice. I avoid them when actually cornering or (heaven forfend) leaning, but sometimes when you're pulling away from lights or whatever you've just got to go straight over it.
-
Don't you find durano plus to be incredibly dead tyres? I know winter/fixed/brakeless aspects involve many trade-offs, but although the ride is grippy and puncture proof, it does feel pretty lifeless. I've used them for the last year but I need to find something with similar grip but better feel...not so bothered about punctures.
-
Pave then. I'd rather have a tyre that feels nice and makes me want to ride me ride my bike than some tractor tyre that'll never puncture.
That said I'm blessed with relatively few p*nct*r*s. Regularly checking my tyres for flints probably helps.
-
Yes. I'd used them for years on the roadie, then stuck a pair of Rubino Pros on there. Went back to Duranos after wearing through the Rubinos and the sluggishness was really noticeable. I've since got a new road bike and stuck Schwalbe Ones on there, which are nicer.
Still running Durano Plus on the fixed gear as I really can't be arsed with punctures and track nuts.
-
Pavé for sure. As an experiment (sad life) I have been running what I thought to be a worn out pave on the rear of my fixed. 6 weeks of commuting through london every day and it's still going with no issues. The centre does feel very thin now so I'm sure it's about to go.
If I'm on my bike I want to enjoy riding it as currently commuting is about all I get done!
And a +1 for Gravel kings too, the other wheelset has those in 28mm and they're excellent.
-
I'll take 'dead feeling' tyres over flat ones any day.
Durano Plus have basically been fit and forget tyres. That's what you want for commuting and mindless winter miles in shitty Chiltern lanes. I don't need to 'feel' all the potholes and bits of flint that are about to spoil my mood. I don't need to be able to make that damp corner at 30mph because it's not a race. Save the posh rubber for racing.
-
I don't like riding bikes that feel shit, and tyres contribute significantly to that.
-
That wouldn't stop me noticing it, I'd just be moving at the speed I was before, but putting in more effort.
-
Jinxing myself here, but I've only p*nct*r*d once this winter cos I ploughed through a pot hole at about 50psi.
-
Its probably been stated before but I am convinced most p*nct*res are caused by the part of the road you cycle on. I went cycling with a mate who is prone to fl@ts and he was riding in the ditch most of the time. If you ride on the road where the car wheels tend to run it should be cleaner.
No doubt though it will happen tonight on the way home.
-
ha! #longdistanceridersdeformation #isitbecauseiamforrin 0.5k is the most I did in 1 go
TurtleRecall
d-goods
umop3pisdn
hippy
TRA
peter_v
JTEE-
Post a reply
About
Which Tyres?
Posted by
Don't ride on drain covers or at least don't try and accelerate on them, problem solved.
Actually, Britain is stupid with it's metal drain covers. Sensible countries (you know who I'm talking about) tarmac over them so they can still be opened but don't present a wet, slippery square death trap to cyclists.