Good winter tyres

sicrow

Pease can you recommend a good pair of winter training tyres with a good puncture resistance and would you go with 23's or 25's for my winter frame that's 6061 alu and not the most forgiving with road vibes ?

chrissharp48

conti ultra gatorskin.25's i use them on my winter bike and my fixed..

ademort

Hi, having read so much about them on this forum i have just purchased a set of Michelin Krylion carbon 25c tyres and fitted them tonight. They are supposed to be the dogs dangly bits.Greetings Ademort

kingrollo

Vittoria rubinos - an awesome tyre at around £8 from ribble - they are puncture resistant, good grip, and they last - great speed performance as well - I can't recommend them highly enough - cyclings best kept secret.

giant_man

+1 for carbon Krylions. Wonderful tyres.

aarw

kingrollo wrote:

Vittoria rubinos - an awesome tyre at around £8 from ribble - they are puncture resistant, good grip, and they last - great speed performance as well - I can't recommend them highly enough - cyclings best kept secret.

really? i used them last winter and also use them on my training wheels. i'm not so sure about them as a grippy winter tyre. puncture resistance is good though.

Ectomorph

ademort wrote:

...just purchased a set of Michelin Krylion carbon 25c tyres...

+1 for Krylions. Where did you find 'em? I didn't think there were any in the country?

Replaced a jurassic-era set of Contis with these and, wow, what a difference in ride quality. Very supple & fast. One issue though; I barely got 1000 miles out of them before they were cut to shreds by road debris & had to be binned (country lane commuting). Either the compound is very soft or I bought a Friday Afternoon pair. I'm still looking to fit the same though...

jazzkailey

I run 25mm folding rubino pros. Impressed with them. Never had a puncture other than pinch/snake bites.

ademort

Ipurchased the Krylion s on www.bike24.com its a German company Greetings Ademort

Not Another Hill

I use Rubino Pros. No punctures in 2500 miles. Plenty of grip left. They are not too bad in the wet as long as you take it steady round corners. Better than the Schwalbe Stelvois I replaced them with.

sicrow

Thanks guys - picked up a pair of Rubino's today from Ribble while I was in Preston and just put them on. Off to Wales next week so I'll see how good they are then (unless it's warm and sunny and I take my summer steed )

Mettan

kingrollo wrote:

Vittoria rubinos - an awesome tyre at around £8 from ribble - they are puncture resistant, good grip, and they last - great speed performance as well - I can't recommend them highly enough - cyclings best kept secret.

Fully agree on the Rubino Pro's - arguably the best quality/value mid-priced tyre on the market.

bigflangesmallsprocket

I've just stuck Rubino Pros on mine, they've GOT to have better wetgrip than my Michelin Speediums (shudder).

yackers1

Just been looking at the Rubinos on Ribble. c. £8 for the hard/rigid and c. £15 for the folding (not much less than the Krylions).

Can anyone advise why there is such a price difference please? Are folding tyres better? Offer more grip? easier to put on? Last longer?

Please excuse my ignorance but I am still a newbie and haven't had to change the tyres on my bike yet - but that day is coming very soon.....

Cheers for the advice guys!

aarw

lighter, more durable bead, easier to put on, easier to carry a spare.

the rigid ones generally have a metal bead which is alot cheaper to produce than the nylon(?) beads of the folding tyres. The pro's (folding) also have a higher thread count.

i think...

CSC also use the rubino pro's to train on....

Ramanujan

very disapointed in Conti gator Skins.
I've heard horror stories about them but people that keep them up to pressure say that they are great.
I religiously keep mine around110psi and they cut like mad and areprone to punctures.

damage36

Following the nightmarish posts about the gator skins, I've just got some red (woo!) michelion krylion carbons from chain reaction. Wiggle have stopped doing them. I'll be sending my gatorskins back post haste!

jazzkailey

went for folding rubinos because they were lighter and on sale at the time.
I'd definitely go for 25mm if comfort on a rigid aluminium frame is important. Use mine to commute with and very pleased.You'll not notice any perfomance difference of any note compared to 23mms.
Folding or rigid I think just comes down to weight and price.

Mettan

yackers1 wrote:

Can anyone advise why there is such a price difference please? Are folding tyres better? Offer more grip? easier to put on? Last longer?

Cheers for the advice guys!

Yes, the Rubino Pro Folding tyres are better than the standard cheap Rubino's in a variety of ways (IMHO).

Reason I know, is that I used standard cheap Rubino's back to back with Rubino Pro foldings - the Rubino Pros take alot longer to aquire tiny cuts - standard cheap Rubinos cut alot quicker - Rubino Pros seem considerably more puncture resistant than standard cheap Rubinos - Rubino Pros are also lighter than standard cheap Rubinos.

This is what I found by running standard Rubinos for months, then moving to Rubino Pros. Training month in month out, you notice the differences very quickly. If you're on an ultra-budget, standard cheap Rubinos will still be better than what you'll find on many budget Road bikes - however, my advice would be to go straight for the Rubino Pro Foldings.

Re. riding in Winter in general, just keep it safe and sensible on bends, whatever tyre you're using.

zanes

+1 on the rubino pros. Wiggle sent me some by mistake, let me keep them as well as the GP4000's I ordered. I haven't actually put the contis on yet. MASSIVE improvement on no-name skid masters that came with the bike. Really changed ride, handling and feel of the bike. For the better. £15 well spent (for free even better! )