Wet weather training/race tyres

dazz_ni45

I use a set of ksyrium elites for early season training and racing but have been struck by the puncture fairy in the past few weeks in both training rides and races have totally destroyed two tyres (sliced by something) and punctures.

I'm using GP4000s/Michelin Power/Michelin Service Course on my good wheels but wondered if there is a most robust option for this time of year then the roads still are in great condition, but that still roll well for racing. Ideally reasonably priced as well and I don't want to keep handing out £30/35 a tyre so I'm open to suggestions!

imposter2.0

Schwalbe One (in 25mm ideally) - excellent race tyre and good in the wet (as most of them are, to be fair).

homers_double

GP 4 seasons?

fenix

I've found gps4000s good for all weathers.

sheffsimon

Imposter wrote:

Schwalbe One (in 25mm ideally) - excellent race tyre and good in the wet (as most of them are, to be fair).

This^^

Great tyres, and you can corner very fast on them, even to some extent in the wet.

dazz_ni45

I've wrecked two Schwalbe One's in the past week. One admittedly was just bad luck. I've always loved the grib of the Schwalbe's having used them for years, but I felt the durability let them down somewhat compared to the Pro4' SC's. 25c also doesn't appear to be readily available

The GP4 Season may be a good shout but seem to be about £30 each.

dazz_ni45

Any thoughts in the Michelin Lithion 2 or Vittoria Rubino Pro? Seem to be very cheap but get decent reviews

LeeDa

I used GP4000s for about 5 years (or the previous version before the s came out) but last year I switched to Schwalbe One. They're livelier, more grippy and for me I've not had any cuts.

gethinceri

I use Michelin Lithion 2s, great value and exceptionally hard wearing.

itboffin

dazz_ni45 wrote:

Any thoughts in the Michelin Lithion 2 or Vittoria Rubino Pro? Seem to be very cheap but get decent reviews

the Michelin Lithion are terrible tyres, cheap so fitted to a lot of new bikes but not good for anything practical, the Rubino pro III are good allrounders but some people find them lacking grip, not had that myself and use them for commuting and general winter riding.

Michelin pro4 SC and v2 endurance are very good tyres although not as puncture resistant i've found as reviews and specs might have you think, i've just put an old discontinued Rubino pro tech 28c on the front of my commuter to try and lessen the effects of our terrible country roads