Anti-Puncture Tyres At-a-glance

The Vittoria Pave are designed to cope with wet cobblestones, not hard packed gravel. I bought a pair to use as a winter tyre a few years back and they were cut to pieces in a matter of weeks. They are a race tyre and not up to heavy usage on gravel strewn English lanes. The Veloflex are probably a bit too lightweight too.

Personally I'd go for a pair of Rubino Pros as they are quite cheap and you could re-use them later.

Cheers for the imput :)
TBH I'm not too bothered about the tyre getting trashed providing it lasts the ride (well technicaly its a race). My main concern is losing traction on the final hard pack part of the climb. I am actually tempted to measure my stays to see if I can fit a 32mm cyclo-X tyre on the rear.

Something like the Vittoria Cross XN (designed for hard pack).