Best Winter Tyres

Sparklehorse
Sparklehorse Posts: 126
edited November 2009 in Road buying advice
I'm sure this has been done to death but I can't find a decent thread.

I'm looking for a good winter tyre for commuting - puncture resistance top priority - that will be an improvement on my current Pro Race 3's.

Cheers

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  • bennyhana22
    bennyhana22 Posts: 72
    Sparklehorse wrote:
    I'm sure this has been done to death but I can't find a decent thread.

    I'm looking for a good winter tyre for commuting - puncture resistance top priority - that will be an improvement on my current Pro Race 3's.

    Cheers

    Long-time commuter in ALL weathers (i.e. only when 8 inches of actual snow outside door do I say to myself that the train might be the more sensible plan today). Always been pleased with the Conti GP 4 seasons I have used for years now.

    Ben
  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,665
    I changed from Contis to Vittoria Open Paves.

    Lovely stuff.
  • maddog 2
    maddog 2 Posts: 8,114
    28mm GP4Seasons or 25mm Mich Krylion here, depending on which wheels I'm on.
    Facts are meaningless, you can use facts to prove anything that's remotely true! - Homer
  • Sparklehorse
    Sparklehorse Posts: 126
    are these tyres of the 'slightly less punctures than before' type or is it a case of a puncture being a real rarity? One a month I think I could cope with.
  • TheStone
    TheStone Posts: 2,291
    Schwalbe Durano Plus. As far as I can tell, they don't puncture or cut.
    http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Mode ... elID=45443

    I'm sure they do, but haven't for a lot of miles.
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  • Chip \'oyler
    Chip \'oyler Posts: 2,323
    Schwalbe Blizzards
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  • Lagavulin
    Lagavulin Posts: 1,688
    Vittoria Open-Pave Evo CGs or Michelin Krylion Carbons.
    2010 Cannondale CAAD 9
    2008 Wilier Izoard
  • James_London
    James_London Posts: 530
    Vittoria Open Pave CG in 24mm have served me well for two winters.

    - Fantastic grip (one rear tyre slip on an ice patch last winter, but otherwise sure-footed even for racing in the snow)

    - Much more supple (290 TPI) than many of the low TPI alternatives with which helps grip and comfort

    - One p******* on clincher due to thorn that would have nobbled anything. None on tubular version. Total of about 7,000km on both versions.

    They are green which is a shame (though available now and again in all black) - but green is the only acceptable tyre colour when black is not available!
  • softlad
    softlad Posts: 3,513
    Bought a set of Conti GP 4seasons about this time last year - 12 months later and no punctures at all. Today's prices are probably more than I would want to pay for any tyre, but when they were on offer at PBK for £20 each, they were a no-brainer.
  • maddog 2
    maddog 2 Posts: 8,114
    no punctures here for two winters on GP4Seasons
    Facts are meaningless, you can use facts to prove anything that's remotely true! - Homer
  • The Hedgehog
    The Hedgehog Posts: 169
    conti GP 4 seasons
  • keef66
    keef66 Posts: 13,123
    Excellent reccommendation coming, as it does, from a hedgehog!

    My GP 4 seasons have had 1 puncture in 14 months, and that was a thorn that would've troubled Chuck Norris. I find them pretty confidence inspiring in the wet.

    Mind you, I have nothing to compare them to, so my opinion is pretty well worthless.
  • The Mechanic
    The Mechanic Posts: 1,277
    + 1 for GP 4 Seasons.
    I have only two things to say to that; Bo***cks
  • shrekster
    shrekster Posts: 35
    Krylion carbon, 1800 miles and counting, no flats yet (touch wood).

    Jim.
  • passout
    passout Posts: 4,425
    Schwalbe Marathon Pluses. I went for the 32mm ones on my commuter/cross bike. Must of done nearly 1000 miles without a puncture; I can't imagine that any tyre is more puncture resistant. They are also grippy in the wet and very durable. They are weighty though, there's no escaping it; fine for commuting but a bit much if you are worried about speed at all. I got mine for only £19 from Spa Cycles - bargain.
    'Happiness serves hardly any other purpose than to make unhappiness possible' Marcel Proust.
  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,665
    Continental Gatorskins, 1 puncture in 2 years and out all winter.
  • Nuggs
    Nuggs Posts: 1,804
    Conti Force & Attack - one p*ncture in one year.
  • Monty Dog
    Monty Dog Posts: 20,614
    For absolute puncture resistance has to be Schwalbe Marathons - running a pair on my commuter - no punctures in 4 years. Running some 28mm GP4 Season on another bike since January - again, no punctures, but a bit 'dead' in comparison to something like a Krylion. Running some Krylions on my 'fast' trainer, but expect to get a puncture now and gain. Big no-nos to Gatorskins - don't grip and get shredded by flints and also Armadillos - unless of course you don't ride in the wet and enjoy 'wooden' wheels.
    Make mine an Italian, with Campagnolo on the side..
  • ju5t1n
    ju5t1n Posts: 2,028
    + 1 for GP 4 Seasons
  • pianoman
    pianoman Posts: 706
    For absolute puncture resistance has to be Schwalbe Marathons

    Good brand choice but aren't these really getting superseded by the Durano Plus tyres? Now they look a good option.

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