Tyre advice for road bike

m4ttc

First post here. Advice required

Just upgraded to a Boardman Road Team from a Hybrid that I was running on Schwalbe Marathons in 700 x 28 in Winter

I now want to put some winter tyres on my road bike and I am not sure what to go for in terms of model and size etc 700 x 23 or 700 x 25.

There is about 4-5 mm clearance at the rear which maybe a factor.

Thanks in advance

ddraver

Conti GP 4 Seasons in 700x 25, bought from bike-discount.de. If you want a bit more comfort, put a 700 x 28 on the front.

Sorted!

ilm_zero7

m4ttc for every reply you will get a different response - if I were in the UK i'd be riding Conti's - I dont like the all-seasons they are just to rigid to give feel (IMO, and everyone's varies)

but I would shout up for Conti GP 4000's and would put 23's on the front and 25's on the back

Strith

Stick some more marathons on if you liked them. They're ok.

Stedman

As the touring community also like marathons, they are certainly OK for winter use!

Sorry I have just read your post again. For your winter road bike tyres I would go for something more robust such as Gatorskin, michelin Pro4 Endurance or Schwalbe Durano.

Tom Dean

ILM Zero7 wrote:

but I would shout up for Conti GP 4000's and would put 23's on the front and 25's on the back

This is a race tyre in the UK, not a winter tyre! (I do have one on the front though..)

Simm0

I can't see by Continentals. This chart gives their options http://www.conti-tyres.co.uk/conticycle/road.shtml

diy

Boardman team comes with conti ultrasport which are fine for the winter. 4 season are better, but you could save cash and just upgrade the front. Its easy to cope with the loss of the rear, harder to cope if the front goes.

m4ttc

Thanks for the replies. My Boardman came with Vittoria tyres rather than contis

I didn't know you could put different sizes on but suppose it makes sense.

Might investigate them 4 seasons on the German website. Presumably that is the best price around?

dynamicbrick

I wouldn't recommend Gatorskins for winter - I've found them incredibly skittery in wet and cold. So much so I even resorted to a set of slightly knackered OEM Bontrager Ditch-Finders I had kicking about.

diy

I'm running some cheapy wire bead ultra sports in a 23c at the moment - they have done 5k and have very little tread on them. I just take it easy on the bends and brake smoothly.

If I was thinking 25/23 It would be the front that would get the 25.