Best tyres for the Coast to Coast ??

etep
etep Posts: 63
edited February 2008 in Road beginners
Hi,

I`m hoping to do the coast to coast in early June - what tyres do you guys recommend? (I`m currently running Bonty Race Lites)

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  • Garybee
    Garybee Posts: 815
    Nothing wrong with what you've got. It's not that far and it's on normal road surfaces, I wouldn't see any need to change.
    Hypocrisy is only a bad thing in other people.
  • fluff.
    fluff. Posts: 771
    Quite a bit of shale path though, esp the Waskerley Way bit, so I wouldn't do it on something prone to cuts (PR2s and the like).
  • gkerr4
    gkerr4 Posts: 3,408
    i did it on 28mm bonty hard cases last april - was great.

    There are a few sections where you really think "what am I doing this on a road bike for???" but generally it is fine!

    enjoy it - it is a great route!
  • etep
    etep Posts: 63
    Thanks for the advice.
  • John C.
    John C. Posts: 2,113
    We did the C2C on 23c tyres pumped up hard, the ones who ran 28c tyres at a softer pressure suffered more punctures in the last 10 miles coming into Sunderland due to broken glass.
    http://www.ripon-loiterers.org.uk/

    Fail to prepare, prepare to fail
    Hills are just a matter of pace
  • FrodoUglyBloke
    FrodoUglyBloke Posts: 9
    Can anyone give me a web site with information on the coast to coast would like to do it and any info would be good
  • 3leggeddog
    3leggeddog Posts: 150
    I think there is atarmac alternative to the waskerley way, check the map.
  • HarryB
    HarryB Posts: 197
    FrodoUglyBloke wrote:
    Can anyone give me a web site with information on the coast to coast would like to do it and any info would be good

    Google is a clever thing :lol:

    Try this
    http://www.c2c-guide.co.uk/

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