Hippy is right Conti tyres suck arse!

those corsa ones are only meant to last one race...

it's all about gatorskins and slime self-healing tubes...

... being shite.

I hope flick gets on better with the Cuntis than me.

I use a conti gatorskin tubular on the back - the last one was fine for a couple of months - cuts everywhere, lasted another 2 months after injecting some latex to seal a puncture..
I put a new one on a week ago - 30GN. It started deflating today - I picked out a 3mm glass shard, squirted some tufo sealent/latex in, and pumped it up... there was no latex coming out of the tread cut - but it was bubbling out from the rim/tyre joint?! I had been stretching this tyre for 2 weeks prior to fitting so I know it HELD pressure when new. and there were no long spokes or anything on the rim.
Confused, I squirted another 1-2 tyres worth of tufo latex in and eventually it held up. I think that their quality control is shite and i can't be arsed with conti. This one may now last another couple of months, who knows? But good luck to all those who got good tyres! the good ones are good and the shite ones are shite..
(thanks to mister k for lending me a pump!!)
dangerMouse I NEED that back wheel. srsly.

Tubs? On the road? tsk tsk

the gatorskins have now been replaced with conti 4-seasons will see how i get on with them

Bollocks, just skidded through my last zaffiro. Now I have to switch back to the gatorskin until the new rubinos arrive :'(

I just bought a big pile of 'em from PBK :)

Ah, they only have the folders. And none in white. Ribble gets my cash again :/

SimonC
Got big ideas, and replaced them with some Vittoria Evo Corsa CXs. Constantly puncturing - spent an evening a couple of weeks back supergluing up all the big cuts in the tread, only to find they already look like Edward Scissorhands meddled with them.

these are awesome tyres, that ride like a dream, BUT are super super soft. i've got a white one on the front of my polo bike and it's getting worn (a front tyre getting warn, yes!!)

My 2p's worth:

Used Vittoria Zaffiro's for 1 week, getting 2 p****s. Changed to Conti Ultra-Gatorskins was fine for two months (1 p****).
Vittoria Zaffiro (23s) seemed really sketchy in the wet compared to conti's (25s), with the conti's seeming to roll faster, poss because they're lighter.

However, on wet roads at the start of the year with contis, had 6 p*******s (yes, six) in a week.
Bought slime strips and have used them since with no more trouble....apart from a sore arse; those slime strips don't half kill the smooth ride. What's really suprising with the slime strips, it's much harder to accelerate. I thought it would be a little worse as the slime up's the rotating mass to something similar to the Vitt zaff's, but it seems much harder to pull away with the strips in than with any other tyre no matter what the weight.

I may try trimming the strips a bit narrower to get a better ride.

wintermute it's all about gatorskins and slime self-healing tubes...

it's funny because according to what it says on conti's tin i'm not supposed to have to pay for the slimy tubes! in other words i'm sticking with vittoria.

slime strips suck because they line up on basically the outermost part of your whole wheel increasing rotating mass and that's where you suffer. vittorias have much better acceleration in general because they don't actually put that much rubber on the tread, quite a lot thinner than the other ones, esp spesh armadillos.

I use some Schwalbe Blizzards...£15...cheap, seem fine to me...got a P*&%!3^^ the other day, but it was wet and I think I need to replace my tyres anyway, so not necessarily the fault of the tyre...

my friend gave me a tip the other day...he advised using some of that tape [don't know how to describe] that is often used to criss-cross a box of printer paper...the sort that cuts your hand if you try and lift said box of paper by it...sorry if that is unclear, but perhaps you know what I mean...you just line your tire with it and he says it is useful added protection...not done it yet myself...anyone done this?

dubble up on tires.

i went through 4 spare tubes and 2 patch kits in a week and half once dont know how it happened just bad luck.

Frank, I know what you mean. I think they are packing bands. Dunno how you'd get them to stay in the centre of the tyre once the tube is in though. Plenty light enough - may be worth a try.

I reckon you're more likely to puncture due to the sharp edges on the packing band.. just a guess, mind I don't proclaim to be an exper.. wait, fuck it, I am! Don't do it!!!! You'll kill everyone!!

Don't cross the streeeeeeaaaaaammmsss!!!!

i still don't get why people think it's good to put stuff between tubes and tyre inner wall. patches are the only thing that should go in between.
if you want 0 punctures just buy the most bombproof tyre out there which is the armadillo. or just get some decent ones which the sidewalls won't fail then pump the tyres up properly and watch where you going, dont run over glass. that's what i do and i never complain about punctures.

edmundane i still don't get why people think it's good to put stuff between tubes and tyre inner wall. patches are the only thing that should go in between.
if you want 0 punctures just buy the most bombproof tyre out there which is the armadillo. or just get some decent ones which the sidewalls won't fail then pump the tyres up properly and watch where you going, dont run over glass. that's what i do and i never complain about punctures.

Ok ed, I'll just use my 3D-x-ray-glass-detecting-radar specs next time I go out in the dark shall I? How silly of me to forget! :)

Don't you have a light on your bike? Glass shines in the light. Bikes steers around glass. :)

I get p_nct_res for two reasons:

1. My tyres are old, cut and skanky and glass gets through.
   
2. My tyres are new but made from phlegm feltched from baboons by Essex mongoloids.
   

edmundane i still don't get why people think it's good to put stuff between tubes and tyre inner wall. patches are the only thing that should go in between.
if you want 0 punctures just buy the most bombproof tyre out there which is the armadillo. or just get some decent ones which the sidewalls won't fail then pump the tyres up properly and watch where you going, dont run over glass. that's what i do and i never complain about punctures.

here here!! sick of you biatches moaning about punctures. armidillo's!!

thoroughly confused by this thread, as entertaining as it was!... so are rubino pros a good compromise, resistant to the evils of glass but still pretty quick?

[cite]murtle:[/cite]hippy rides 'em so they must be good. he knows everything and he's my hero. he wouldn't lead you astray.

seb_pf thoroughly confused by this thread, as entertaining as it was!... so are rubino pros a good compromise, resistant to the evils of glass but still pretty quick?

If you dont mind spending the money, sure. If you don't care about having a folding tyre, I'd get the normal rubinos as theyre pretty similar but half the price.

And half the tpi, no?

Fucksake it's £3-4 difference. Buy both and test ride them both and make your own minds up.
Or, buy Conti, I hear they really rock the streets!