Newbie requires tyres - your opinions please

yackers1

Hi all,

I have recently taken delivery of my Trek 1200 (first ever racing bike) and am chuffed with it Problem is................. riding on Norfolk's cruddy road have created a major tyre deflation within a week.

I am looking at re-inforced tyres and after research it appears that the Continental GP 4 seasons and Krylion carbons are the best choices.

The questions to the panel are .......

1) Which should I go for? Are the GP 4 seasons worth the extra?
2) Are they easy to fit on the standard Alexis rims on the Trek 1200 (I had great fun and games removing my existing tyres!!)? I will be using 700x25c and a 700x20c inner tube (suggested by a friend)
3) Any other recommendations? - I have heard of the Armadillos but concerned that the ride is harsh, and I have attempted research on Slime and slime inner tubes but nobody seems to rave about them!

Sorry to ask such a stupid question and many thanks for your advice/opinions

Lagavulin

If you can get your hands on them Krylion Carbons would be my choice. I had a virtually fault free winter on them and, if I swap the front and rear around, I think I may get another out of them.

I think one of the last known people to have them in stock was All Terrain Cycles. Might be worth giving them a call of firing off an email to check stock though.

My Allez came with Alex AT400 rims. I only use them on the turbo (or as spare wheel to get me home now I've lost a wheelset to Campag) but of my four wheelsets I've found them they're easiest rims to mount tyres on.

fast as fupp

gp 4 seasons are an utter pile of poo-feel like wood and poor punture resistane

go for krylion if you can theyre tyre aceness!

robbie the roadie

loads of em on probikekit

http://www.probikekit.com/display.php?c ... in%20Tyres

also I recomend the spesh all condition tyres. Had a pair all winter with no p********. looks liek they should last well to

http://www.specialized.com/bc/SBCEqProd ... spid=35688

fast as fupp

no there aint!

robbie the roadie

oh :oops:

fast as fupp

theyve got some in the good old u.s. and a.


http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/2-Michelin-Krylio ... .m63.l1177

yackers1

Looks like the Krylions have it, if I can get hold of any that is.

Thanks for all the replies - what about fitting them? Am I going to be stuffed if the worst comes to the worst and I have to change an inner on the side of the road?

fast as fupp

i got 700 x 23 on campag rims no bother- and campag are the tightest fit usually

Lagavulin

I had a bit of a pain fitting them to my Aksiums first time around but since they've come off and gone back on okay. I still need tyre levers for them mind but then I'm just weak. :oops:

bobtravers

Speclialized Mondo Pro, great tire, comfortable, durability, not so pricey!

http://www.specialized.com/bc/SBCEqProduct.jsp?spid=35367

NWLondoner

robbie the roadie wrote:

loads of em on probikekit



also I recomend the spesh all condition tyres. Had a pair all winter with no p********. looks liek they should last well to

http://www.specialized.com/bc/SBCEqProd ... spid=35688

I too have these. the dog b******s in dry conditions but i do not trust them in wet conditions.

Lagavulin

bobtravers wrote:

Speclialized Mondo Pro, great tire, comfortable, durability, not so pricey!

http://www.specialized.com/bc/SBCEqProduct.jsp?spid=35367

They were my first upgrade from the 60tpi Mondos my first road bike came with. Good durability but not a big fan of them in the wet.

bobtravers

Lagavulin wrote:

Good durability but not a big fan of them in the wet.

Went 70 km/h under a raining storm this week, no problem at all, it's not the tire, it's the driver that matters...