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  • My Evo came with Schwalbe One 25s. They seem alright: light, easy to get on and off. Can't vouch for their puncture resistance* or longevity because the bike's only done a couple of hundred miles so far.

    Any thoughts on these? Anything marginally better for the same price?

    • Over thousands of winter miles I have come to the conclusion that no matter how puncture resistant your tyres claim to be, flint will go through anything.
  • In my experience, Schwalbe Ones (and previously Ultremos) are the best all around tyre. Especially at the stupidly cheap price you can get them in comparison to everything else.

    I'd probably only change them if you wanted something more 'open-tub' like with a high TPI count, but then you're not going to get as good grip or durability.

  • My main ask (with it being a 'best' bike) is low rolling resistance, weight and not be impossible to take on and off the rim. It seems to fit all of these criteria fine, to the point that I would confidently go on a ride without tyre levers because I can get these tyres on and off by hand no problems.

    I hear Conti GP 4000's are good but from what I've seen they are only 10g lighter and I've heard conflicting reports on their ease of fitting, so at a tenner more per tyre I doubt id bother.

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