Yeah tyres are boring but I've got to ask - Vittoria Zaffiro

I don't, and I tell you both Rubino's and Zaffiro's suck in the wet, I don't mind riding Rubino's on dry roads though, also I don't mind riding them in the wet, but I know that they are slippery in the wet. I normally run my tires at 8 bars (thats about 115psi), which fits my weight pretty well.

The tires I have best experience with in the wet are TriComp's, Schwalbe Stelvio Plus.. and Vittoria Open Pro's seem to grip pretty well too, only used it on my front with NoBrake[tm] though.

There's loads of people putting in the max psi, 'cos that'll make you faster'. It's bullshit, unless you're on the boards or totally smooth roads, and adds to the risk of washing out in greasy conditions.

I'm sure 115psi is spot-on for your weight/typical riding conditions, but for anyone under 70kg, it wouldn't help either speed, grip, or comfort - except in the aforementioned contexts.

I agree that basic Rubinos, or the Intrepid TT ones have a compound that's a bit too hard, and aren't the best grippers. But I've got no complaints about the Rubino Pros in the shittest of conditions, where due to fatigue (on my part) their powers of wet weather/mucky road adhesion have been well and truly tested. On a par with Vred Tricomps, and better than Michelin Pro2Races which have unnerved me a bit in corners in competition.

In case anyone cares, I'm usually somewhere around the 64kg mark, and tend to run 95 in the front and 100 in the back, and sometimes 5psi higher in good weather... and I seem to roll downhill faster than a lot of people on rock hard über clinchers.

I'll stand by my original assertion, which to reiterate, wasn't aimed at anyone in particular.