tyre help please

jimycooper

hi, im looking for advice on two sets to buy:

first pair are for use on my winter bike, so im wanting LOTS of grip and a set that dont pucture much. dont care about wieght - as the bike their going on is sh!te


second pair are for racing, going on my new race wheels. need to be high quality clinchers

any advice welcome

ta

STEFANOS4784

Surely you know the answer to this? You visit the forum fairly regularly :?

jimycooper

i follow pro cycling to a sad extent, but im only 15 and dont know much about tyres or the like.

sorry i havent met your expectations....

STEFANOS4784

lol, only being a twat mate, sorry. Unless anythings changed(i usually skip the tyre threads) then Kryllion carbons for toughness and Continental gp4000s(or pro race 3's but i had a bad experience with these) for quality, i stand to be corrected though........................................

STEFANOS4784

.....P.s i did write tw@t but some auto thingemyjigger must have changed it, not that it really matters i suppose :roll: :arrow:

akkers

Pro3s are great tyres but they cut too easily - more of a race tyre. For winter riding when the roads gather grit, I would stick to GP4000S (chilli compund)

jimycooper

ok ok cheers mate, ill start the the religeous look around for the cheapest prices 8)

others agree with these?

STEFANOS4784

Cut easily and, in my experience, go completely to the cloth(?) if you have to brake hard and lose the back end.

jimycooper

sound a bit pathetic even for a race tyre? :roll:

STEFANOS4784

Well they're not designed to be skidded but still had only covered about 400-500 miles prior to that and it wasnt a huge skid so i was put off. I use conti gp4000 on my other bike and they feel just as quick(if not quicker) but maybe a tad less forgiving but i haven't tried the 'S' version yet, will definately be my next set of tyres though.

redddraggon

Vittoria Open Corsa CX 320TPI for racing

STEFANOS4784

redddraggon wrote:

Vittoria Open Corsa CX 320TPI for racing

On what basis? (Just curious) You seem to be having a lot of single phrase answers recently :?

redddraggon

They're generally considered the "best" clinchers on both here and weight weenies.

STEFANOS4784

Maybe i'll give them a try next time then instead of gp4000s, cheers