Good road tires?

[PinkBike]

i wanted to love the schwalbe stelvios, i really did, but i just went through my third set - and like all the others the sidewalls shredded.

it happened first to DH, just plain blew out so he had to sag in at 75 miles of a century. then mine blew out going to work one day. so i decided to buy just one more set to put on brand new for el tour de tucson - they're the perfect color match to my bike. well, that was a month ago, i've ridden maybe a half dozen times since then, and i just noticed a big ol' bubble on the sidewall. i'm through with them. sure wish conti still had their gran prix 4000 t-mobile magenta line!

[smurfalicious]

i wanted to love the schwalbe stelvios, i really did, but i just went through my third set - and like all the others the sidewalls shredded.

Well, the good news is I found out from the Schwalbe boys during InterBike that the new Ultremos are an upgraded Stelvio and they say they're going to be just as awesometastic only more durable. The colors are remaining the same AND the lettering on the side will also be colored like the stripes. Yay-ah, behold THE hottness: http://www.schwalbetires.com/files/l_img_ultremo_r.gif

I just put Conti Gatorskins on for the winter because they seemed as durable as 4 Seasons but cheaper. So far so good as far as flats go and super easy to install especially compared to some other "flat resistant" tires. I must say though that it's a rough come down from my Vittoria Open Corsa Evo CX tires. *sniffle* I loved my pretty white poor man's tubulars. The gators feel sluggish comparatively but at least I can ride without being totally paranoid about flats. In their defense, everything is going to feel mediocre after 320 TPI goodness.

[PinkBike]

ohmygosh those look excellent! i gotta check them out