Anti-Puncture Tyres At-a-glance

All the answers to all your questions can be found here: http://www.merged.com

Just think about what you have asked for a minute.

Do you really think anyone here will be able to answer that properly?

Without the relevant scientific information required to establish the "slower" and "you" bits, we can only guess.

I'm going to hazard a guess that you are not racing, but commuting. In which case "slower" or "faster" is largely irrelevant when it comes to tyres.

Instead of asking vague questions on internet forums I suggest you do some research yourself and with the information you glean from this, make an informed decision for yourself.

I don't think this is the place for you to offer such patronising advice. You know nothing of riding on the road. Tyres for the so-called 'track' only have to grip enough to keep the rider upright whilst the conveyor belt surface spins beneath them; and road tyres don't share the asymmetrical profile of track tryes, which are made in moulds that allow for the constant lean to the left.

If I were you, I'd ask your coaching school for your money back. You've obviously been ripped off.

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er, "thanks" RPM? i've got some even vaguer questions actually. i'll pm them to you. you seem to be the sort of person that appreciates that sort of thing.

Rob does appericate a good meth.

I think you're better off going to CycleSurgery as they repair your old tyre providing that you did buy one from them.

Worth it I suppose, it does extend the life of your tyre.

Yeah, they do remoulds, great value. Any tyre too, not just their own brands. They are a bit heavier, and they will make you a bit slower, but great if you are just commuting, as you won't notice.

Maxxis ReFuse will do you right, except, they're not actually fast tyres.
The list on page one of this thread may help.

hold on hold on. is this rear/front tyre thing an hilarious joke for new people? i've never noticed tyres to be sold as front and rear?

the hard compound version says "halo courier berlin HC" on the side in red. only recommended for rear.

Further advice from earlier in thread. These tyres are actually not road legal for use on the front of a bicycle due to the poorer quality rubber

I've found Michelin Krylion Carbons in 25c are perfectly good at being a tyre and not going flat.

Duro Fixie Pop tyres (I kid you not). The 700x24 folding version has nine colours, and the wired version is in black only. Apparently there is a 3mm (rubberized foam?) insert beneath the tread, a la the Schwalbe Marathon Plus, Schwalbe Durano Plus, Continental Supersport Plus and the Halo Courier Berlin tyres. I see a trend developing here. But these are said to be designed for skidding, and at £15 each are cheap. I'd bet the black wired version is the toughest. They certainly are amusing in the mad colour schemes.

I'm sure at this price there will be more than a few seen on the roads. Sorry if this a pea roast.

On sale at One-One / Planet-X Bikes.

EEI had great fun putting one on his wheel

Hope someone posts a review......It could be persuasive, or maybe otherwise.

no black in stock

Reported for racist overtones.

ha!

Wonder if I skid those tyre, can I get colorful skidmarks?

^ no brown tyre

Wonder if I skid those tyre, can I get colorful skidmarks?

yes, at least when you skid with a Marathon plus, you get the blue one, I'm imagine with this ones too

I've got a pair of orange ones at home, will fit them at some point and let you know.

No good for skidding, but I recently got a pair of michelin speedium 2s for my hack bike for £5.98 each from CRC (RRP £16 each), and they've been great for the price. I've ridden through 4 or 5 big unavoidable patches of broken glass on them (yay London), and not a hint of them puncturing or cutting up so far. For cheap tyres they roll ok, and are plenty grippy too. They're obviously no where near as nice as my beloved pro race 3s, but for £12/pair commuting tyres they're doing the trick.

Wonder if I skid those tyre, can I get colorful skidmarks?

As long you don't wear brown underwear, then yes you will.

the couriers that halo worked with to develop their courier berlin's must have been pussies or had loads of money. i've been running them front and rear (yes, the berlin version) since january. i want to like these tires. i like their protection (one/two punctures, on the rear when quite worn). i like their shape and size. but the rubber is goddamn awful. been thru two rears (one normal, one supposedly hard compound, little skidding), and just today noticed the front is worn thru to the protection layer, which is slipperly as fuck. i don't think i've ever worn through a front tire before, and in 3 months for a £25 tire is god damn shite.

going back to maxxis refuses, if halo got their act together re: rubber, these would be awesome.

3 months of riding on my 23 gatorskin hardshell and the front still has a bit of the rubber sticking out the middle from when you get them new. Think I need a new rear soon, but it's lasted 3 times as long as any other tyre I've tried and no punctures even after riding through loads of glass.

I'm just wondering what people advise. I need to cycle from Balham to Hammersmith or Balham to South Kensington daily so I'd like something decent that doesn't cost me too much! I have standard 700cc wheels.

I've heard that UTFS is good