Which Tyres?

I have a spare almanzo tyre. Anyone want it for a tenner?

Are they bang on trend 40 mm wide?

Has anyone made a decent tanwall tubeless tyre yet?

What width

25-28 (28 ideally)

Only Vittoria I reckon.

I think you are right. Did email them a few a weeks ago to see if/when the Control tubeless are going to be released but no response.

There's been a few pictures of a gumwall Maxxis re-fuse tubeless but it is yet to appear for sale anywhere AFAIK.

Edit: Sorry, thought you said tubular not tubeless.

General question for everyone: is puncture protection really that necessary? I've been riding around on tyres with literally no puncture protection and I've only had a couple of punctures in the last two years. And one of those was a pinch flat. Have I just been lucky?

General question for everyone: is puncture protection really that necessary?

Yes and no, too many variability to account for.

Oh excellent, thanks!
Is the larger measurement the correction for the bigger rims?

Is the larger measurement the correction for the bigger rims?

Yes.

Also, they have a nice formula. Generally the width (in this case 40mm) times 2.6 is total width of the tyre when laid flat on the ground ( like this ).

So you can calculate the actual width like this
((Tyre width x 2.6)+Rim width)/π=Actual tyre width (π=pi=±3.14)

For example, if your rims have an internal width of 25mm and your tyres are 40x622:
((40x2.6)+25)/π=41mm

700x 33

Have been dithering over picking up some spare Vittoria Hypers from Planet X. As a result, the price has gone up from £14.99 to £19.99 in 35mm. I'm pretty sure that I've seen this price fluctuating over time - has anyone noticed a pattern?

https://www.planetx.co.uk/i/q/TYVIVOHY/vittoria-voyager-hyper-folding-tyre

They’ve been £19.99 since November at least

I think I paid £13.99 on the October 30th

probably the best non tubeless wide tyres ever made

(technically supreme but they are tubeless now)

They were £14.99 a couple of weeks ago, and on 20 Nov when I bought a pair.

Apologies for the random spammage but I have a bag of 7 old random tyres gathering dust under my desk (St Pauls) that I need to dispose of. They range from 500miles to 5000miles (probably) but it's not actually that easy to tell which is which!

2x23c Rubino Pro (white/black)
2x28c Rubino Pro
1x27c Open Pave
1x25c Open Pave
1x25c Rubino Pro

Anyway, they are going in the bin next week unless someone wants to pick some/all of them up? Try to ignore the cobwebs/filth!

Well that's Planet X and On-One for you.

700x50 / 29x2" (approx) for commuting, towpaths, general run about.

What do I get?

I'd say Schwalbe Marathon Supreme but the 50-622 version only comes in the V-Guard version instead of the Microskin. Still folding tho

The folding Hypers are back down to £15 at PX...

Trouble with Marathon Supreme is that you get bored with seeing them on your bike year after year, never needing any attention...