24 x 1 or 23 - 549 tyre help

oxoman

Have recently got my youngest son a Triban 3 Junior and i am looking to get some better tyres than the stock Kenda Koncepts it came with. The sizes are 24 x 1 or 23 -540 only ones i find surfing the web are the Kenda's or schwalbe wheel chair tyres, I'm looking for something reasonably puncture proof as its not that easy as i have already found out twice, managed to get some innertubes but tyres struggling with. Has anybody had similar issues and managed to find something different in the past.

luv2ride

I feel your pain. Just got my daughter a 2nd hand Trek KDR 1000 with "24 inch wheels". Bike came with Bontrager Racelites (25-540), which I'm guessing aren't particularly puncture resistant. I just got some Schwalbe Stelvios (think these were the forerunner to the popular Durano tyre) but managed to get the wrong size, 23-520. Gutted as not exactly cheap and the ebay seller doesn't take returns. They did advertise them correctly, I just failed to check. Didn't appreciate what a minefield this wheel size/tyre size this was.

SJS Cycles seem to do Schwalbe Marathons in 25-540, but very pricey. Hope this helps...

luv2ride

http://www.sjscycles.co.uk/schwalbe-mar ... ch-(25-540)-prod23767/

Although these a advertised as wheelchair tyres, I've got the 700x32 version on my singlespeed and they're great. Mine are the folding versions and only cost a tenner each from Planet X though, so these wired versions seem overpriced to say the least...

imposter2.0

The Bontrager is pretty much the only other 'road' tyre available in 540, apart from the Kenda - which is usually OEM fit and not available retail. Having said that, the Kenda is a good enough tyre for youth riding/racing, so I would be inclined to just carry on using them.