2010 The Best Road Racing Tyres??

oldgreg

The road seasons starting and i want to make sure i get the best road tryes for the road races.

Any suggestions?
I will be willing to go upto £60 max for the pair!
Plus should i get new inner tubs, or just use the old ones?

Thanks for any comments

Anonymous

If you are racing darley moor on saturday against some of my clubmates I suggest these -

triMPW

Just bought Conti GP4000s for the coming season. Ribble £50 for two.

kingrollo

pro race 3's - awesome

AndyD2574

kingrollo wrote:

pro race 3's - awesome

+1

Anonymous

AndyD2574 wrote:

kingrollo wrote:

pro race 3's - awesome

+1

-1

Toonraid

Vredestein Fortezza Tricomp Slick + Latex tubes

toontra

Pro3 Race - Grip on the front and regular on the rear.

JesseD

gp4000s, got the same deal from ribble as triMPW

Chip \'oyler

Schwalbe Ultremo's

cougie

Another +1 for Conti GP 4000S.

Avanti Roman

Veloflex Pave

Lagavulin

Not a racer here but having used Vredestein Tricomps for several years I'd be interested to know as to why the slick version is £14 more - at nearly £45 a shot - than the standard Tricomp.

Toonraid

U like Fortezza Tricomps too - u will love the slicks, the TPI has been upped to 220 (from 120) and weight reduced to 180 (from 225) with same level of puncture protection but being slicks they don't have the same performance in wet. I also like the Tricomp Quattro version, its more of a wet tyre (4 season) but side effect is even better puncture protection.

Infamous

Pro race 3, they come in 9 different colours, none of them green.

Daimler

I'm running Conti GP Attack Force and they perform very well.
I run mine at 100psi and Im 144lbs.
The Chili compund ones look even nicer.

Conti GP4000s Chili are very good as well...had a pair of these on my old BMC.

Wheelspinner

Another vote for the Vredesteins here, lovely feel to them, and they seem pretty tough too which is a bonus.

Just fitted a pair of Ultremo R.1's today to try, but first ride tomorrow, weather permitting. They sure are light, and the easiest things ever to fit. Look good too, just hope they ride well!

Daimler

Wheelspinner wrote:

Another vote for the Vredesteins here, lovely feel to them, and they seem pretty tough too which is a bonus.

Just fitted a pair of Ultremo R.1's today to try, but first ride tomorrow, weather permitting. They sure are light, and the easiest things ever to fit. Look good too, just hope they ride well!

Did they have a recall on this model?
Not sure what the issue was.
Thinking about these too when I get my new wheels soon...so interested to know how you get on with them.
Glad to hear they fit on nice.
My Conti's were really tight on my American Classic 350 sprints.

Wheelspinner

The recall was on the older version, the Ultremo R.

They released an updated model, the R.1, which so far apparently has had no problems.

I run Mavic SSC SL rims, and some Reynolds wheels too, and have variously fitted Conti, Vredestein and Michelin, all relatively easily, but these were by far the easiest to fit, just rolled on with light thumb pressure first up.

I've also got some Campagnolo Eurus wheels on another bike, and fitting *any* tyre to those is a ba$t*rd of a job. :x They currently have the Fortezza Tri Comps fitted, and I am hoping I get about 50,000km out of the tyres with no flats, because I don't ever want to have to take them off!!!

Toonraid

I run Campy wheels too - best to fit new tyres on a different wheelset and run for 100km in warm weather then swap.

Daimler

Toonraid wrote:

I run Campy wheels too - best to fit new tyres on a different wheelset and run for 100km in warm weather then swap.

Shall we all fly over to the Canary islands for this warm weather then?

hamstrich

NapoleonD wrote:

If you are racing darley moor on saturday against some of my clubmates I suggest these -

Is that a cassette on the front wheel?!

Toonraid

If you are buying then why not!

Alternatively a few minutes on the trainer at home should do the trick!