Which Tyres?

Looking to convert my Singlecross to commuting and road riding duties, currently has 700x40c Conti AT Ride tyres mounted, looking to get some fast-rolling slicks with good puncture protection, with space for mudguards as well. Tyre clearance is tight currently between the chainstays, but there is a lot of space to the chainstay bridge.
Mostly wondering between Contact Speeds in 37 or 42c flavour ( I found 42c folding one for ~21 GBP here in Poland or wired ones for 14-16) or maybe GP Urbans or Marathon Supremes. Or 42c SpeedRides? What would you recommend? Do you think 42c tyres will fit under the 53 Bluemels or 45 Longboards here?
Tubed as I have a cheap wheelset here and I don't plan upgrading for now.

Also, anybody knows about the real width of 42 mm Contact Speeds? 42 conti tyres used to be 38-39 real width, don't know if that is still the case.

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They are fairly true to size in my experience.

Iam running Vittoria Terreno Dry 622x40 at the moment, quite like them but I was thinking once they wear out i will get something bit wider but with less thread in the middle. WTB Byway in 700x44 or 700x40 should do the job? iam riding lots of road and smooth gravel/dirt roads but occasionally go thru forests with muddy parts and rougher terrain.
does anyone know how true to size they are? iam running dt swiss r500db rims with 22mm internal with

After inspecting the clearances in my frame I have decided that 42 mm tyres are no go (with 45 mm mudguards it would be a too tight fit most likely, not sure if it wouldn't rub the chainstay anyway as AT Rides are about 40 mm wide and there is just a mm or 2 of clearance at chainstay).
So 35-38 mm tyres is what I want. Fast rolling, with good puncture resistance, for commuting and road riding (singlespeed or fixed), but also able to do some gravel. I am mostly thinking about Contact Speeds or GP Urbans, can anybody compare them how they fare? @PhilDAS I think you have ridden both?
Also, reflective stripe is go or no-go? I used to have it on my commuter tyres, but now wondering if it really helps (or I am visible for just a second before a car hits me anyway), especially that Contact Speeds are available folding only without it, while GP Urbans are even more expensive.

I've had both but in different sizes so can't compare directly. I was a really big fan of the sport contacts (same tyre as contact speed, they've been renamed). They felt quite thin in the hand which made me think they'd be Puncture City, Utah but they just roll really nicely and I had maybe 1 or 2 punctures in a year. They rode quite a bit of dry gravel including a 200km off road ride down to and around the New Forest. On some rocky sections, I'd let them down to around 20PSI and they felt great still. Pumped up to around 70 for tarmac riding.
I had them without reflective strip, 42c

I've got the 35c GP Urbans on now.
I do like them, they look cool, they have a reflective strip that is black in daylight so you can't see it's there. They roll good, more like a big road tyre than a commuter/urban tyre. I believe they have the same rubber compound as some of their faster road tyres. This also means though that I've had quite a few punctures. Of course it may just have been wrong place, wrong time, my poor choice of line etc. They do have quite a few cuts in now after maybe 6 months use, one was quite large and I had to glue it shut.

So yeah, not a direct comparison. GP Urban are a faster road tyre with the increased comfort and control of a high volume tyre, contact speed are still fast rolling, grippy in the dry and on gravel, not as good in the wet but probably better with punctures.

Thanks, I think Contact Speeds it is for me then, with track ends and mudguards better avoid more punctures :) I have used 35c wire bead Contact Speeds for past year on my previous commuter bike, have been happy with them too, just one puncture from 5 cm nail.
Just not sure whether to go for wire bead reflective or pay slightly more for folding one without reflex.

Is that a thing? Surely the bead is too tight/glued for it to move unless maybe you're running super low pressure and even then it's a lot of grip to overcome.

I've had my Gravelkings burping out of the bead maybe two times, but I've ridden these a lot. Before that I got Voyagers hypers ghetto tubeless doing exactly the same thing.
Aggressive cornering seems to be the culprit, combined with a baggy tire/rim interface.

Burping is one thing but TM is talking about tyres rotating around the rim.

Is there a forum recommended tubeless gumwall tyre available in 28c? It’s for the fast bike but I’d rather it wasn’t too puncture prone

Not sure if it's forum approved, but Schwalbe One TLE or the pricier Pro One TLE? Incidentally I've got a pair of the former for sale ;)

Similar to the above, but minus the tan-wall requirement and plus some cheapness. Which budget 28mm road tyres? could be tubeless, but not essential.

I've been trying to find a replacement tyre -- schwalbe g-one allround raceguard 27.5x1.5 ... but can't seem to find it in stock anywhere.

does anyone have a rec for an alternative? are gravel kings the go-to?

Currently running pro ones so would be happy with a tan wall version of that. Looks like they only do a TT race day version or the slightly tougher Schwalbe one version. Probably looking for a version between the two

Depends on what you consider budget. I have schwalbe one on the training wheels, amazing tires for the money.

Previous gen Specialized Turbo 2bliss are good. Used those throughout winter with no issues. Grippy and had no punctures. Got them for £22 each. Not sure if you can find them but if you do, you're golden

Merlin have the Schwalbe Ones for £20 a pop, seems a good bet. Thanks!

Good spot... Thanks. I’ve been looking at the Ones for a while, but it seems the old V-Guard versions have been downgraded in the new lineup (see bicyclerollingresistance) and only Merlin have the old tan-walls in stock

New Pros don’t seem to come in tan, so grab them while you can.

https://www.cnc-bike.de/product_info.php?products_id=5782

This place has supremes going very cheap. Postage is a bit more than usual, but the lower price might compensate for that. Folding and reflective.

Ouch, indeed the 24 EUR shipping cost makes it in fact same effective price as what I can get here in Poland. I will stick to Contact Speeds though, I think, as I prefer to save some money for parts for a "better" bike.

Are you managing to find tubeless pro one tan walls on the Merlin site? I’d love a set of these but can’t seem to find them. Only thing I’ve seen online suggests there was a limited edition Australian release

Nope, I’m still on tubes so grabbed the old V-Guard tubed versions which are on sale.

So far as I know (looking at the Schwalbe site and a quick google), the new Pros don’t come in tan. Hence grabbing the old stock, which are similar in performance to the new Pros apparently.

Looking at your post, the non-Pro, new tubeless (TLE) Ones do come in tan and 28.

They do. They seem to come in the non-pro version or the TT version with very little puncture protection. Frustrating that the ‘middle’ version is missing

Again I find myself judging tyres by how pretty they are. These new Veloflex Corsa Evo (I'm not bothered about the tubeless version) look good. Can someone try them and let me know whether they're any better than Vittoria Corsa G? Cheers.

Also, is the new Corsa in gumwall essentially going to be like an update to the Veloflex Master, or something different??

In that corner of the market surely FMB are the ones to buy?