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@yorkiefix
Conti ultrasports are a cheaper training tyre, not as much puncture protection as the gatorskins but not much real difference in ride "quality" that i've ever felt felt. Accepted wisdom is that ultrasports are shit but I ran them solidly for 6 months on both my road bike and fixed during the winter with no complaints; then again another guy from our shop had 3 punctures and a blowout within the first 2 weeks... If you want a "softer" ride get wider tyres that will run at a lower psi, don't run 23/25s under pressure as you'll just pick up punctures.
n.b. flyer owners should check your bb if you're experiencing clicking/creaking on every crank rotation, genesis use *the *cheapest RPM cartridge bottom bracket known to man, defo replace with UN54 at the earliest opportunity.