Anti-Puncture Tyres At-a-glance

Maxxis ReFuse are the best LIGHTER tyre for excellent punture protection, and grip, and handling.

After about six months however, they puncture like they were balloons in disguise.

Give them more love man! I check them every day for glass embedded in the thread (time investment of 2 minutes) and superglue any cuts close and they keep on givin'....

I'm the one that added that tyre care info to the LIST on the first page of this thread. So you're quoting back at me, what I wrote there previously.

I'm the one that added that tyre care info to the LIST on the first page of this thread. So you're quoting back at me, what I wrote there previously.

What I'm telling you is, I got the re-fuses on what you wrote on the list, and I use the tyre care you mentioned (though I'd learned it way before), and my re-fuse last me longer than 6 months :)

Bottom line, I follow your advice/use the same tyre care you suggest and my tyres last and last. If you don't like it you have only yourself to blame!

I did follow that advice, and carefully picked out shards and glued up cuts, but still, it didn't have the lastability that I get from the Courier Berlin tyres.

Regarding the COURIER BERLIN TYRES:
I forget the shards, in fact, I see them and leave them in. Days later, they've popped out again, because they couldn't go any deeper.

The handling is too twitchy, and it does follow grooves and skips off manhole covers......but it doesn't puncture.

The fat lady is running out of breath from all her singing. ;)

she has gone for some cake

You're trying to get me aroused aren't you Murtle my dear?

Big lady and cake, where's the dotted line? .....I'm signing it.

ha!

she has gone for some cake

You rang?

shoulda said "eating cake" :)

Regarding the COURIER BERLIN TYRES:
I forget the shards, in fact, I see them and leave them in. Days later, they've popped out again, because they couldn't go any deeper.

The handling is to twitchy, and it does follow grooves and skips off manhole covers......but it doesn't puncture.

The fat lady is running out of breath from all her singing. ;)

Not puncturing but with the negatives you have mentioned is not gonna bring that fat lady out.

A Ribmo doesn't puncture either but doesn't have the negatives. Or at least it didn't puncture in the last 6 months of use on and off road. Only reason I have changed from them is the off road grip was lacking (no surprise really!)

Haha.

Spose I should contribute something worthwhile to this thread as well.

Used Top contacts front and rear for about 6 months brakless, lasted well, sold as a 28c but really comes in about the same as a 25.

Used Randos as well, honestly, preferred the Contis, much slower rolling tire, lasted about half as long. Contis work a treat used on their own on the back, shitty cornering on the front.

Marathons, great, last forever, but you really can feel the extra weight, spose the Contis would fall between these and the rando, with best of both.

And the Contis make a fart noise when you skid, for that reason alone, definitely worth purchasing.

Don't really run anything less than a 35c at the moment on silly bikes, have Stelvios on another, but that's not really a thrashing around bike.

There you go, an entirely relevant, but entirely useless post.

Not useless at all. For that you get a gallon of prune juice.

To be fair, I have been really honest about the Courier Berlin's tricky handling issues, but that said, I really don't think there is another tyre that will not only be that puncture resistant, but no tyre I've ever owned has worn so little. Almost no wear at all, despite 400+ miles per month, and over several months.

In fact, the more the tyre is ridden, the more the shape changes, from a tall and narrow tyre, to a more rounded one.

I did over 1000 miles on a pair of maxxis refuse 25's on a loaded touring bike. Out of the group of 6 of us (the others were mostly on gator skins), I was the only one not to get a single puncture. BOOM

That sounds about right. I'm a heavier guy, so maybe I weigh as much as the average person with full touring load, and I wouldn't normally puncture in the first maybe 1,600-2,400 miles, but after that too often for my liking.

The Maxxis ReFuse is really one of the very best anti-puncture tyres out there. But for even greater puncture protection there ate a couple alternatives. And for the absolute minimum of wear and the maximum of puncture protection, there is one tyre in particular.

The ReFuse is brilliant in its smooth handling, and excellent grip though.

GA2G I guess you are referring to the Halo but have you tried the various Continentals that are known for high longevity and puncture resistance and used by a lot of high distance and around the world types?
Conti Top Contact, Conti Travel Contact etc,.

And let's just have a Yes or No answer please to stop this getting into another one of our 3 page squabbles :-)

I rode Continental GP4000 for more than a year.

Excellent initial puncture protection, though not up to Armadillo All Condition standards.

Have not tried any other Conti products.

Thanks. I will report back on the Travel Contacts after a few thousands miles but am led to believe they last forever so as long as they fend off punctures I will be happy as they roll very well and grip well enough off road on the corners.

Thanks. I will report back on the Travel Contacts after a few thousands miles but am led to believe they last forever so as long as they fend off punctures I will be happy as they roll very well and grip well enough off road on the corners.

Glad your getting on with them. If you like the road rolling, and trail gripping traits then you'll love the tyres. Its these two things I always felt were a bit too much of a compromise.

I've lowered the pressure in mine to 55-60 PSI from the 80 or so PSI I was running. They feel much nicer now, both on and off-road.

Well the trail gripping is good enough for where I live. I have to admit I can't get my head around lower tyre pressures. I know they can make sense but I always just pump my tyres up high as I think it feels faster.
Just one of the many mental blocks I have to deal with :-)

Conti Top Contact, Conti Travel Contact etc,...

The tyres you have mentioned cannot make the list, on page one of this thread. When I'd started it, I had in mind puncture protection for roadie bikes.
Since the most common roadie tyre size is 700x23, that was the template for the list.

The minimum size for your two tyres are:

Conti Top Contact - 700x28
Conti Travel Contact - 700x37

Makes me think there should be a touring tyres list maybe? I won't author that one though.

Well I've been running mine at max (6 bar?) for ages. Just built some new wheels, which are a fair bit stiffer than the pair I had, and figured I'd benefit from a tad more comfort. The happy side effect being that the side nobs come into play without having to corner in a near horizontal lean. Definitly worth a try.

I run 30 PSI on my 29er. Which gives great grip off-road, but feels horribly slow on tarmac.

[QUOTE=kerley;1568017]Conti Top Contact, Conti Travel Contact etc,...QUOTE]
Conti Top Contact - 700x28
Conti Travel Contact - 700x37

Makes me think there should be a touring tyres list maybe? I won't author that one though.

I'm pretty sure my travel contacts are 35's. Might be an old version though.

My Travel Contacts are 37 when measured at the Conti factory. They then shrink before they get to the buyer and are 32 by then. I think Conti are have the most out of whack measuring machine of any of the tyre manufacturers as all Conti's I have owned have been undersized.

And fair point GA2G, I will shut up about touring tyres now :-)

Nothing wrong in someone starting a Touring Tyres List thread.
Would be very useful..........