Which Tyres?

My advice would be to keep an eye out for shop clearance deals or lightly used secondhand tubs. Tubulars are out of fashion, so both come up reasonably often.

• Paves are a good tyre, excellent grip, but won’t last as long as others. Corsa Control is the new version
  
• Conti Sprinter Gatorskin were the super tough, super durable choice but don’t roll as nice (there has to be a trade off somewhere)
  
• Conti Competition are a bit more of an all rounder if you can find them in your price range
  
• I’ve also had extra PPS versions of Challenge Strada and some Vitoria Course SC, which were both fine. Corsa G is the new version of the latter
  
• Conti Giro of the budget tubs seemed to be a better choice than Rally’s, but if you’re putting in the effort to go tubular then you might as well go for a decent tyre (I’ll be clearing out my Giros before long!)