Quote Originally Posted by Triskeliongirl
While I am also a fan of stelvios for fast riding, for touring I had great luck with the primo comet kevlar 1.35" 451 tire. Took it on packed dirt roads in chiapis, with never a flat on my PRP. A bit more plodding that the stelvio, but does inflate to pretty high pressure. A great touring tire in my booke.
I'm not touring on the Stelvio (except for short weekend very lightly loaded jaunts). The tire I use for touring on my little-wheeled bike is the Schwalbe Marathon Slick, with looks to be the same size as the primo comet that you use. Funny though, when I first got my Pocket Rocket it had Primo Comets on it - and I hated that tire. As soon as the Stelvios were available for 451 tires I switched, and I never looked back. Maybe the 1.35 version of the comet is better than the 1 1/8 that I used.

--- Denise