Green stripe tyres

r0b1et
r0b1et Posts: 14
edited March 2015 in Road buying advice
I'm looking for some green stripe (yes I am that vain that I care) tyres for training and club runs (so decent miles), ideally 25s, but that can slide if needs be - and less than £40 for the pair. Any suggestions?

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  • TheHound
    TheHound Posts: 284
    edited March 2015
    Vittoria Pave

    Scrap that, didn't read it properly and missed for the pair bit.

    Unless you're willing to stretch to 50squid a pair.
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  • imposter2.0
    imposter2.0 Posts: 12,028
    Unless you can find Paves for less than £40 a pair, then it would have to be Rubino Pro...
  • r0b1et
    r0b1et Posts: 14
    Imposter wrote:
    Unless you can find Paves for less than £40 a pair, then it would have to be Rubino Pro...

    That's looking likely, but seem the slicks aren't available in green, would the (in my physics nerd eyes) pointless tread be adding rolling resistance and make them noticeably slower??
  • imposter2.0
    imposter2.0 Posts: 12,028
    I doubt it - the Rubinos are great tyres and the centre section (ie the bit you roll on when upright) is smooth in any case..
  • r0b1et
    r0b1et Posts: 14
    Great, thanks. Anyone else with other suggestions, I'd appreciate.
  • dabber
    dabber Posts: 1,982
    Michelin Pro4 Service Course ?

    But maybe too expensive?
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  • Matthewfalle
    Matthewfalle Posts: 17,380
    r0b1et wrote:
    Imposter wrote:
    Unless you can find Paves for less than £40 a pair, then it would have to be Rubino Pro...

    That's looking likely, but seem the slicks aren't available in green, would the (in my physics nerd eyes) pointless tread be adding rolling resistance and make them noticeably slower??

    Adding rolling resistance and make them noticeably slower.

    Seriously? Seriously, seriously?
    Postby team47b » Sun Jun 28, 2015 11:53 am

    De Sisti wrote:
    This is one of the silliest threads I've come across. :lol:

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    He's right you know.
  • DKay
    DKay Posts: 1,652
    Dabber wrote:
    Michelin Pro4 Service Course ?

    But maybe too expensive?

    I'd suggest these too and they should come to around £23 each. Green sidewalls though and not stripes.
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  • Ber Nard
    Ber Nard Posts: 827
    r0b1et wrote:
    I'm looking for some green stripe (yes I am that vain that I care) tyres

    I'd wager that all black tyres would look better. They always do.
  • rafletcher
    rafletcher Posts: 1,235
    r0b1et wrote:
    I'm looking for some green stripe (yes I am that vain that I care) tyres for training and club runs (so decent miles), ideally 25s, but that can slide if needs be - and less than £40 for the pair. Any suggestions?

    PM sent :D
  • londoncommuter
    londoncommuter Posts: 1,550
    These would fit the part but you might have to shop round a bit for them:

    http://www.bike-discount.de/en/buy/schw ... een-233970
  • DKay
    DKay Posts: 1,652
    If you're going to buy the Ultremo ZXs, then make sure you also buy a load of inner tubes and patches too.
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  • IrishMac
    IrishMac Posts: 328
    Don't buy Rubino Pros, the amount of punctures that I got on a black and blue pair were heart breaking.
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  • IrishMac
    IrishMac Posts: 328
    Bontrager do one's for about a tenner that I've heard good puncture proof stories about ;)
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  • imposter2.0
    imposter2.0 Posts: 12,028
    IrishMac wrote:
    Don't buy Rubino Pros, the amount of punctures that I got on a black and blue pair were heart breaking.

    Strange. I rode two winters on a set of Rubino Pros without a single puncture.
  • cyclingfury
    cyclingfury Posts: 676
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  • londoncommuter
    londoncommuter Posts: 1,550
    cyclingfury wrote:
    And so it begins....☺️

    Yeh, I thought this was an easy one with us just suggesting green tyres.....
  • keef66
    keef66 Posts: 13,123
    Dabber wrote:
    Michelin Pro4 Service Course ?

    But maybe too expensive?

    £50 the pair when I bought mine recently. Didn't check German retailers though.

    Also could only find the 25s in black...
  • mrushton
    mrushton Posts: 5,182
    Ber Nard wrote:
    r0b1et wrote:
    I'm looking for some green stripe (yes I am that vain that I care) tyres

    I'd wager that all black tyres would look better. They always do.

    But tan sidewalls are pro
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  • djhermer
    djhermer Posts: 328
    IrishMac wrote:
    Don't buy Rubino Pros, the amount of punctures that I got on a black and blue pair were heart breaking.

    But the green ones are infinitely more puncture resistant.
  • MisterMuncher
    MisterMuncher Posts: 1,302
    Judging by IrishMac's club affiliation, we ride a lot of the same/similar roads, and Rubinos whilst fine, don't deal the best with rutted chip seal.

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