Which Tyres?

I went out for a blustery 50 miles last night (mix of damp urban detritus and damp rural de-treetus) on the same pair of these that I bought in 2001:

They've done tens of thousands of miles now – commuting, bridleways, winter training, audaxing, blah – and still look like they could go on for quite some time. They are a 28mm that is more like a 25mm, and have always been mounted on narrowish rims. At 80psi rear and 75psi front, evidence suggests they are also faster than most other tyres including race tyres. How is that even possible?

I think they p*'d once when I locked the back brake descending a steep dried up riverbed in about 2005 i.e. user error.

Conclusion: best tyres in universe and you should time travel to buy some or your power profiles are going to be eternally shit.

@hippy is going to use them in his US endurance campaign

You forgot to mention what they are.

I'm looking for some high volume, nice rolling, fairly resistant to punctures tyres for use on Path Racer v2, I was thinking of the Strada Bianca, but would prefer to spend less money than they command.

Vittoria Pave.

How do they size up? I was thinking ~30c or even slight larger as I'm using a CX fork, and have plenty of room/need to fill the fork.

Read the sidewall?

Bigger tyres under much lower pressure is already doing a good job resisting puncture, so in theory the Challenge should work pretty well, I intend to get that for my carbon bike, mainly cause it's cheaper on trade than to order Grand Bois again.

Saw someone with this on their light touring bike tonight, look like a nice tyres;

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The panaracer pasela tg (folding version – which you can find as SJS Cycles).

Strada biancas roll beautifully but they puncture pretty easily. They're like a race tyre, just higher volume.
+1 to vittoria pave, I have the tubs and they're great. they size up a bit larger than the 27mm label but not massively.
Dunno what else there is in the 30-32mm bracket for road tyres, it's mostly touring and city tyres.

I don’t know why we have to refer to them as sidewalls. Where the fuck else do walls go?

Linguistics >>>>>

These things are inseparable.

You are right.

It's sides.

Or walls.

No need for sidewalls. Think of all the pixels we can save.

In case anyone thought their tyre had a front and a back wall.

It's wheel, you div.

I ripped a hole in the side of my Continental grand Prix 4 season 28mm riding over something on the way to the office the morning so need a new tyre. Before I pull the trigger on another 4 season does anyone have any recommendations on a 28mm tyre for commuting over winter with good puncture protection for £35 or less?

What are Vittoria Open Pave's like in regard to wear? I assume even the 27mm will come up bigger than the 28 conti I am running.

Are 4000s' better than the 4 seasons?

Any thoughts on any of the Michelin pro4 tyres? Not sure if you can get them in 28 as of yet.

Strada biancas roll beautifully but they puncture pretty easily. They're like a race tyre, just higher volume.
+1 to vittoria pave, I have the tubs and they're great. they size up a bit larger than the 27mm label but not massively.
Dunno what else there is in the 30-32mm bracket for road tyres, it's mostly touring and city tyres

I got the Strada Biancas, be interested to see how puncture-tastic they are, I wore out a pair of Conti's in ~3,000 miles, had three punctures in that time, and they were the Grand Prix TT tyres.

Dunno what else there is in the 30-32mm bracket for road tyres, it's mostly touring and city tyres.

Grand Bois Cypres, great lightweight touring tyres, 290g.

The new Compass Stampede Pass is worth considering too, extra light model (thinner sidewall) is 256g;

Lastly, the Rivendell Jack Brown at 33.3mm, little on the porky side at 295g.

I have the Clements on my Mercian, they look great and roll really well but they are lightweight and you definitely pay a penalty with puncture resistance. For me it is worth it.

Maxxis Refuse in 28c. An Australian eBay shop do them and can ship them, quickly, to the UK.

The Open Pave's are great, but they are race tyres and not really up to the rigours of commuting, especially in London.

Great to know, they're reasonably priced too.

As previously mentioned, I got hold of some Nano Race 40s cheap, so thought I'd give a go. Initial findings: not as bad on road as you would think, in fact very comfortable and plenty grippy. Only problem I have is mudguard rubbage, so they're coming off until I can afford to get new mudguards.

Anyone tried these?:
http://www.planetx.co.uk/i/q/TYPXGTSN/planet-x-guttersnipe-folding-tyre

@Pifko minimum order is way up at £50 now just so you know

Raindispersing channels - sounds like rolling resistance.