time to shop...

[ginny]

Ladies,

Once again, I turn to all of you for your expertise My 50cm Bianchi Eros Donna (with 700cc tires) is due for a new pair of road tires. I use this bike for road riding only - I have another bike for tooling around town. I think I would like to balance speed / lightness with sturdiness insofar as there is a fair bit of ... [/I]crap[/I] on the sides of the road here. I would prefer not to flat all the time. I don't think I need to go as far as kevlar belted, but I don't know. I ride sprint and olympic distance tris too, but if I flat during one of those, I will just call the race over. I suppose what I'm saying is, I ride a steel steed, not terribly concerned about weight, but I also don't want to ride slugs. Suggestions? I did search for road tires threads before posting this, but it's possible I missed a key thread. Thanks!

[ny biker]

I have Continental Ultra Gatorskins (or is that Gatorskins Ultra?) on my road bike and am very happy with their puncture resistance.

[indysteel]

I'm partial to Vittoria Rubino Pros and, more to the point, to the price that I can usually get them for at www.probikekit.com.

[ginny]

thanks! Good places to start - and cool web site! Thanks for the link

[ridebikeme]

I tend to go through alot of tires in the course of a season(multiple bikes). I have found that I have had very good luck with Maxxis and Schwalbe tires. In the Maxxis line, I ride the Courchevals and love them!! I also sell alot of the Detonator model in the shop. In the Schwalbe line, I'll sell a lot of different models... anything from the Lugano to the Ultremos that I ride. At any rate, any of the above are a good choice, it simply depends on what type of tire you want to ride and of course how much you want to spend.

[madscot13]

I'll vouch for the gatorskins. I ride 25 and enjoy it. A lot of the people I ride with use Conti 4000 and like those too.

actually I am still riding around on 700 x 40 from MD hillslug. Quite the workout.