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Hi all,
There was a recent thread on Conti GP4000's and tyre blow-outs to which I added my support for said tyre. I'd managed to ride over 4000 k's on a tyre with a huge tear. However, last week I had two flats on my new rear tyre (well 1600 k's old) and a mate of mine with the same tyres had a side-wall blowout on his rear tyre of about the same age. We are now looking to try alternatives to see if we can find a better road tyre. Can anyone make any recommendations? -- Bean "I've got a bike You can ride it if you like It's got a basket A bell that rings And things to make it look good I'd give it to you if I could But I borrowed it" Pink Floyd Remove "yourfinger" before replying |
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"Bean Long" wrote in message ... looking to try alternatives to see if we can find a better road tyre... I currently have Michelin Pro2 Race tyres but I would not buy these again. They handle/roll well but for a tyre with only around 1000k's on them they seem to puncture easily. Prior to that I had Bontrager RaceLites which I put about 15000k's on without a puncture. And I had pulled bigger bits of glass out of these tyres than the ones that are going right through the pro races. |
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Bean Long wrote:
Hi all, There was a recent thread on Conti GP4000's and tyre blow-outs to which I added my support for said tyre. I'd managed to ride over 4000 k's on a tyre with a huge tear. However, last week I had two flats on my new rear tyre (well 1600 k's old) and a mate of mine with the same tyres had a side-wall blowout on his rear tyre of about the same age. We are now looking to try alternatives to see if we can find a better road tyre. Can anyone make any recommendations? Right, for no other reason than "they feel nicer than the other tires I've ridden", I recommend Michelin ProRace 2. I've used Vittoria Rubino Pros (feel hard) and GP 4000s (feel better than Rubinos) but for soft road feel and confidence in cornering, I like the Michelins. Can't say I've noticed any difference in puncture resistance between those three. I've also got a Conty Ultra Gatorskin on the front of one of my bikes at the moment (cheaper than pro race or GP4000), feels a bit nicer than the rubino pro but hard to tell. Tyres a re so cheap from PBK I think I'll just get the pro races from now on - they ride nice. DeF -- e-mail: d.farrow@your finger.murdoch.edu.au To reply, you'll have to remove your finger. |
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On Mar 26, 4:23 pm, DeF ""d.farrow\"@your finger.murdoch.edu.au"
wrote: Bean Long wrote: Hi all, There was a recent thread on Conti GP4000's and tyre blow-outs to which I added my support for said tyre. I'd managed to ride over 4000 k's on a tyre with a huge tear. However, last week I had two flats on my new rear tyre (well 1600 k's old) and a mate of mine with the same tyres had a side-wall blowout on his rear tyre of about the same age. We are now looking to try alternatives to see if we can find a better road tyre. Can anyone make any recommendations? Right, for no other reason than "they feel nicer than the other tires I've ridden", I recommend Michelin ProRace 2. I've used Vittoria Rubino Pros (feel hard) and GP 4000s (feel better than Rubinos) but for soft road feel and confidence in cornering, I like the Michelins. Can't say I've noticed any difference in puncture resistance between those three. I've also got a Conty Ultra Gatorskin on the front of one of my bikes at the moment (cheaper than pro race or GP4000), feels a bit nicer than the rubino pro but hard to tell. Tyres a re so cheap from PBK I think I'll just get the pro races from now on - they ride nice. I used to shred prorace's in about 1500km. sure, they're sticky, but that has a cost ... and it's lifetime. I ride the Bontrager racelites almost exclusively for road training and racing, and get 5-8thou out of a rear. I can't remember my last puncture or problem with them. |
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Bleve wrote:
I used to shred prorace's in about 1500km. sure, they're sticky, but that has a cost ... and it's lifetime. I ride the Bontrager racelites almost exclusively for road training and racing, and get 5-8thou out of a rear. I can't remember my last puncture or problem with them. Many thanks for the recommendations everyone. I might check out the Bontrager's. -- Bean Remove "yourfinger" before replying |
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"Bean Long" wrote in message ... Hi all, There was a recent thread on Conti GP4000's and tyre blow-outs to which I added my support for said tyre. I'd managed to ride over 4000 k's on a tyre with a huge tear. However, last week I had two flats on my new rear tyre (well 1600 k's old) and a mate of mine with the same tyres had a side-wall blowout on his rear tyre of about the same age. We are now looking to try alternatives to see if we can find a better road tyre. Can anyone make any recommendations? -- Bean depends what kind of riding - training or racing? I have GP4000 on one of my road bikes and so far no problems after 1800km, no flats etc. But a number of cuts for sure. The sidewalls seem ok so far. The wear seems decent. If you was a long lasting and puncture resistant tyre (size 700*23c) then try Michelin Krylion Carbon. I have those on my second road bike, zero flats and very few cuts after ~2500km but they do not roll or grip as well as GP4000 but they will last longer and have fewer punctures than GP4000. Neither tyre is very good in wet or racing (cornering). Krylion carbon shows very little wear after ~2500km. I think they might even last up to 8000km on rear and 10,000km+ on front. They are about the same price as GP4000. ProBikeKit.com and Chainreactioncycles.com sell them at good prices. I had Bontrager RaceXLite tyres on my Madone (OEM tyres), they do roll and grip better but they are not in the same league as GP4000 or Michelin Krylion Carbon when it comes to wear and puncture resistance. But they are better in wet and cornering. My RaceXLite lasted about ~4500-5000km (rear) before I started to get frequent punctures. I perform weekly tyre "dental" cleaning though - I let air out of tyre down to ~30psi (so you can squeeze it) and use a fine point screwdriver to pick out all glass and debris from inside the cuts. Do this more frequently if you ride on wet roads. Prevention, IMO, is better than cure. I have pulled out bits of glass from my tyres that would have caused punctures - just a matter of time. |
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