Anti-Puncture Tyres At-a-glance

James1822, its now added.

I put a Conti 4 season on the back a month ago and its been pretty great so far, no punctures yet! Fucking bitch to get on though, and it is expensive

Conti GP 4000S has won in a German magazine's test of several performance criteria.

http://www.conti-online.com/generator/www/de/en/continental/bicycle/general/home/gp4000s_testwinner_en.html

http://www.conti-online.com/generator/www/de/en/continental/bicycle/general/downloads/download/tourtest_gp4000s_en.pdf

It's also worth reading this, there are some quite serious riders posting on weight weenies:

http://weightweenies.starbike.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=46009&highlight=tire+test

In other words: take the Tour test with a little bit of salt; the top tyres are reasonably close plus or minus according to preference/criteria; the 4000s isn't a clear "best".

Courant

Courant, you're actually a proper cyclist aren't you?

So, when you're here, are you "slumming it"?

:) :) :) :)

Good link by the way.

Another vote for Maxxis Re-fuse, have been using them for a couple of years and taking into account price I don't think they can be beaten for puncture protection, even though they cut up like crazy...nothing seems to get through.

Here's Maxxis Refuse in different colours, from Oz.

I want yellow, and red.

When will these come here? Its getting frustrating.

How the fuck, scuse myu fucking frech can ProRace3 be "designed puncy=tured toss" whereas Rubino Pro are in the "slightly puncture resistant"? That's bollocks. I might have "designed a bike that does 3000mph but it doesn't mean it actually works. Rubino Pro are FAAAARRRR better than Pro Race 2 or 3 in terms of durability AND cost.

Epic review fail.

any recommendations for durable tubular tires? preferably with a tan sidewall...

not for skidding.
they will be for a vintage bike with tubular rims.

I see tufo and the conti gatorskins are the most recommended, but anything with a tan sidewall?

lol @ the "armadillo rules" tag.

Today I bought a £30 armadillo eilte 23c, and it has a huge fault! At one point the tyre is like 1 cm offset from where it should be. On one side the tyrewall is 1cm too short, and the other side is 1 cm too long, the actual beads are in the wrong place.

exploded an innertube @ 120 psi just as I spotted it was off the rim. I'll be taking it back tomorrow for a replacement, but for £30 I expect a lot better to be honest.

is any tyre really worth £30?... it would have to pedal for me for that money.

This one clearly wasn't.

u paid £30 for armadillo elite ! ! ! where at ? ? ?
i swear there 20ish

specialized concept store (chester).

They are all around £30...
http://www.google.co.uk/products?hl=en&q=armadillo%20elite&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wf
and even £35 in evans.

I think normal ones are £25.

You can get the normal ones for £20. What's so special about the 'elites' ?

They are elite. duh ;)

actually the bloke in the shop said they had more tread.

i paid 33 quid for my soma everwear, think it was worth every penny

i got mine for 20ish . . .
unless the dude done a mistake . . .

£19 for a folding gatorskin. think they're really good tyres, really skid resistant. but ive had quite a few punctures recently...

Halo have been hanging around with the wrong crowd and are jumping on the wagon with these.

Apart from the Soma's they are the only tyres designed for fixed/skidding as far as I know.

Link

£19 for a folding gatorskin. think they're really good tyres, really skid resistant. but ive had quite a few punctures recently...

I've only used the rigid version but I find them horrible to skid. They grab and chatter and wear out fast. I think they make good front tyres though. They grip well even in crap weather.

How the fuck, scuse myu fucking frech can ProRace3 be "designed puncy=tured toss" whereas Rubino Pro are in the "slightly puncture resistant"? That's bollocks. I might have "designed a bike that does 3000mph but it doesn't mean it actually works. Rubino Pro are FAAAARRRR better than Pro Race 2 or 3 in terms of durability AND cost.

Epic review fail.
I never knew you New Zealanders could be so masculine!

Anyway, with the amount of miles you've done, and tyres you've ridden, I think its time you post a review for real. You're the last poster anyway.

Then I'll take back the nationality insult.

:) :D

any recommendations for durable tubular tires? preferably with a tan sidewall...

not for skidding.
they will be for a vintage bike with tubular rims.

I see tufo and the conti gatorskins are the most recommended, but anything with a tan sidewall?

Veloflex? Or, if you can find them, Deda Tre Olimpicos?

gatorskins are crap for a rear tyre, full stop. and those halo's are far too expensive.
see how long they last.
the best tyres have been mentioned by various people, more than once.

Randonneurs are shit.

( they're not shit - I'm just pissing 31t@um off )