Best tyres for commuting?
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Re: Best tyres for commuting?
Postby warthog1 » Wed Dec 16, 2015 4:44 pm
They will cycle through the rear. The 25c durano plus on the front is staying put. It just keeps on keeping on .
I'm guessing but somewhere around 15k km on it now.
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Re: Best tyres for commuting?
Postby warthog1 » Wed Mar 23, 2016 10:39 pm
Feels lively and rolls well. Smaller than the conti too which is good as I don't have much guard clearance on the new commuter frame.
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Re: Best tyres for commuting?
Postby fat and old » Thu Mar 24, 2016 12:09 pm
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Re: Best tyres for commuting?
Postby Lukeyboy » Thu Mar 24, 2016 12:18 pm
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Re: Best tyres for commuting?
Postby warthog1 » Thu Mar 24, 2016 12:23 pm
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Re: Best tyres for commuting?
Postby fat and old » Thu Mar 24, 2016 12:26 pm
Genuine or home brand?warthog1 wrote:They are made of glad wrap though.
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Re: Best tyres for commuting?
Postby Lukeyboy » Thu Mar 24, 2016 1:15 pm
Mine are made of KOM materialwarthog1 wrote:They are made of glad wrap though.
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Re: Best tyres for commuting?
Postby jasonc » Thu Mar 24, 2016 1:20 pm
you're a komedianLukeyboy wrote:Mine are made of KOM materialwarthog1 wrote:They are made of glad wrap though.
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Re: Best tyres for commuting?
Postby eldavo » Thu Mar 24, 2016 1:21 pm
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Re: Best tyres for commuting?
Postby Lukeyboy » Thu Mar 24, 2016 1:22 pm
That's right komrad.jasonc wrote:you're a komedianLukeyboy wrote:Mine are made of KOM materialwarthog1 wrote:They are made of glad wrap though.
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Re: Best tyres for commuting?
Postby Lukeyboy » Thu Mar 24, 2016 1:28 pm
Nah, it's a 13 minute bike ride with a 15% climb in the middleeldavo wrote:8.2km commute, isn't that walkimg distance?
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Postby eldavo » Thu Mar 24, 2016 1:55 pm
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Re: Best tyres for commuting?
Postby warthog1 » Fri Mar 25, 2016 5:12 pm
Dunno do they stick or not?fat and old wrote:Genuine or home brand?warthog1 wrote:They are made of glad wrap though.
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Re: Best tyres for commuting?
Postby DavidS » Thu Apr 14, 2016 12:16 am
I have been using Marathon Supreme for a few years, great tyre: quick, light, puncture resistant, handle well. But there's a problem, I run 700 x 28 and don't want to go to 700 x 32. But it seems that 700 x 28 are no longer made and/or available.
So, what now?
Anyone know of good alternatives to Marathon Supreme?
I was thinking of Schwalbe Durano (Lugano?) or possibly Continental Top Contact II. Anyone know how they compare? I have had good experience with Schwalbe and never run Continental.
Years ago I tried Vittoria Randonneur and they squared off very quickly, also not crazy about some of the other Marathon models as they are not as light and quick. Am willing to try 25mm width which I presume would be ok on a flat bar or the touring bike, but don't want to go wider than 28 which seems to be the best compromise for my riding. Not sure how much difference tyre weight makes but Marathon Supreme are very light, much lighter than Continental Top Contact II for example, but Durano seem pretty light going by the specs.
I commute 20KMs each way every day rain, hail or shine, and weigh just over 90Kg, which gives you some idea of the tyres' use.
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Re: Best tyres for commuting?
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Re: Best tyres for commuting?
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Re: Best tyres for commuting?
Postby Thoglette » Thu Apr 14, 2016 3:28 pm
Light? Quick?DavidS wrote:I'm now in a quandary.
I have been using Marathon Supreme for a few years, great tyre: quick, light, puncture resistant, handle well. But there's a problem, I run 700 x 28 and don't want to go to 700 x 32. But it seems that 700 x 28 are no longer made and/or available.
On a more serious note, have you looked at the Gator skins? They should tick your boxes
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Re: Best tyres for commuting?
Postby Ant_S » Thu Apr 14, 2016 5:25 pm
But eventually I was copping pretty regular punctures as they seemed to be so spongy/thick/soft they'd actually grab up the debris rather than just resisting it so to speak. Cleaning them after each ride still didn't seem to help. Of course some of the flats I got would've happened to any tyre, but given they were still puncturing plus lower performance I decided to try something else.
My LBS recommended 25C Gatorskins and had them on the shelf when I dropped in so I have those now. I've probably only done a few hundred kms but they've been good so far. Hard enough to turn away lots of debris, and what does get stuck I clean off or pluck out at the end of my ride. I also found they felt much nicer under braking and certainly roll faster
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Re: Best tyres for commuting?
Postby DavidS » Thu Apr 14, 2016 11:40 pm
I have a Marathon Supreme 32 on the back of one of my bikes and I do think it is too wide, probably just a perception issue but I do like narrow tyres.
Could try Gatorskins too, did like Continental tyres once on a car I had decades ago. Any opinions on Michelin bike tyres or any other brands like Maxxis?
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Re: Best tyres for commuting?
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Re: Best tyres for commuting?
Postby DavidS » Sat Apr 16, 2016 6:07 pm
Firstly, folding or wire bead - what are the pros and cons?
Then there's the different models:
Durano come in Durano Road Tyre, Durano Plus, Durano Double Defence, Durano Performance - no idea what the differences are, double defence seem to have sidewall protection but the standard an plus models, what's the difference? Maybe the plus has better puncture protection (smart guard as opposed to race guard) - I think that might be it.
Gatorskins come in standard and hardshell, looks like the hardshell have seidewall protection.
Choice overload I think.
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Re: Best tyres for commuting?
Postby jasonc » Sat Apr 16, 2016 6:45 pm
a change is as good as a holiday, so they say.DavidS wrote:Ok, still looking at tyres (why don't they just make the Marathon Supreme in 28 still??) and it gets quite confusing.
Choice overload I think.
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Re: Best tyres for commuting?
Postby DavidS » Sun Apr 17, 2016 1:25 pm
You may be right, maybe I could even catch you in the commuter challenge with different tyresjasonc wrote:a change is as good as a holiday, so they say.DavidS wrote:Ok, still looking at tyres (why don't they just make the Marathon Supreme in 28 still??) and it gets quite confusing.
Choice overload I think.
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Re: Best tyres for commuting?
Postby jasonc » Sun Apr 17, 2016 7:19 pm
Just think he many kms I do on marathon plus tyres....DavidS wrote:You may be right, maybe I could even catch you in the commuter challenge with different tyresjasonc wrote:a change is as good as a holiday, so they say.DavidS wrote:Ok, still looking at tyres (why don't they just make the Marathon Supreme in 28 still??) and it gets quite confusing.
Choice overload I think.
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