Tyres for offroad / CX type bike
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Hi all
I did a 100 mile ride, 75% road, on Saturday on my new bike (Genesis Croix de Fer) and had 4 punctures in 30 miles. The standard tyres are Continental Cyclocross which seemed fine in the dry but on wet thorny surfaces they're crap!
I'm looking for suggestions for 700c x 35mm tyres which aren't Schwalbe Marathons (the weight puts me off as the bike is quite heavy to start with).
One of the guys was running Planet X Gary Baldys and had no issues, any opinions on these. Would probably use slime tubes with these.
Any other suggestions, thanks.
Marcus
I did a 100 mile ride, 75% road, on Saturday on my new bike (Genesis Croix de Fer) and had 4 punctures in 30 miles. The standard tyres are Continental Cyclocross which seemed fine in the dry but on wet thorny surfaces they're crap!
I'm looking for suggestions for 700c x 35mm tyres which aren't Schwalbe Marathons (the weight puts me off as the bike is quite heavy to start with).
One of the guys was running Planet X Gary Baldys and had no issues, any opinions on these. Would probably use slime tubes with these.
Any other suggestions, thanks.
Marcus
Specifically for long distance mostly on road/gravel and especially for wet crap potholed UK roads:
Compass Barlow Pass 38c. I run the Extralights tubeless sub 50psi. Velo vitality in Brighton do them.
Sublime everywhere. Except on mud or wet grass, but you need nobbles for that which will be awful on road. I happily ride the SDW on Barlow Passes when it's dry.
A million light years apart from these but something not too heavy but fast rolling with nobbles for off road, Specialized Trigger folding 38c. Cheap but good.
Compass Barlow Pass 38c. I run the Extralights tubeless sub 50psi. Velo vitality in Brighton do them.
Sublime everywhere. Except on mud or wet grass, but you need nobbles for that which will be awful on road. I happily ride the SDW on Barlow Passes when it's dry.
A million light years apart from these but something not too heavy but fast rolling with nobbles for off road, Specialized Trigger folding 38c. Cheap but good.
richardxjr said:
Specifically for long distance mostly on road/gravel and especially for wet crap potholed UK roads:
Compass Barlow Pass 38c. I run the Extralights tubeless sub 50psi. Velo vitality in Brighton do them.
Sublime everywhere. Except on mud or wet grass, but you need nobbles for that which will be awful on road. I happily ride the SDW on Barlow Passes when it's dry.
A million light years apart from these but something not too heavy but fast rolling with nobbles for off road, Specialized Trigger folding 38c. Cheap but good.
They look good, I was sold on the Compass's then I saw the price and lack of availabilityCompass Barlow Pass 38c. I run the Extralights tubeless sub 50psi. Velo vitality in Brighton do them.
Sublime everywhere. Except on mud or wet grass, but you need nobbles for that which will be awful on road. I happily ride the SDW on Barlow Passes when it's dry.
A million light years apart from these but something not too heavy but fast rolling with nobbles for off road, Specialized Trigger folding 38c. Cheap but good.
^ I know what you mean, I am hardly a profligate bike bits spender but took a punt on these and they are SO worth it. Rarely does something live up to the hype. Handmade Japanese loveliness for not much more a big brand narrow tyre. They last too. Non Extralight are cheaper, nearly as supple & they are always getting more stock in 
The Conti Cyclocross tyre lands in the same camp as my Clement LAS or the Challenge Chicance. They're all fast dry weather tyres. They go back in the cupboard at the start of October. There are intermediates but this time of year onwards to make any decent progress you'll be on Clement PDX or Challenge (Baby) Limus. I rode to work twice on my crosser last week. Its 10 miles on mucky country lanes and 5 on unmade towpaths with some testing bumpy adverse cambers to deal with. The Clements did okay on the road as they actually have a raised centre section of sorts so they actually roll okay on tarmac but they're so soft that they'll be worn out in no time if I keep using it. I'm looking for something with a more pronounced centre section. I've seen these which aren't silly money, folding so I'll stand a chance of getting them to work tubeless and fairly chunky to get a fair amount of wet off road grip.
http://www.wiggle.co.uk/maxxis-raze-cx-aramid-fold...
I do have some Challenge Strada Bianca 30mm for summer use but they're rubbish off road and I had to use slime tubes to keep them puncture proof so they weighed rather a lot.
http://www.wiggle.co.uk/maxxis-raze-cx-aramid-fold...
I do have some Challenge Strada Bianca 30mm for summer use but they're rubbish off road and I had to use slime tubes to keep them puncture proof so they weighed rather a lot.
Landcruisers. All those people who race the Three Peaks Cyclocross using them, including myself, must be onto something.
I dig them out for the odd on-off road sportive that I do as well, as well as using them on my 'cross bike for a month before the Peaks, going out on my club's MTB rides.
After the nuclear apocalypse, cockroaches and Landcruisers, that's all that will be left.
I dig them out for the odd on-off road sportive that I do as well, as well as using them on my 'cross bike for a month before the Peaks, going out on my club's MTB rides.
After the nuclear apocalypse, cockroaches and Landcruisers, that's all that will be left.
Thanks for the replies, I've gone for Scwalbe Marathon Mondials. Considerably lighter than the standard Marathon pluses albeit a little dearer at £28 a pop from Rose (£12 per tyre cheaper than Wiggle!). Let's see how long they take to get here from Germany.
So far averaging a puncture every 33 miles on this bike, hope these tyres will dramatically reduce this!
So far averaging a puncture every 33 miles on this bike, hope these tyres will dramatically reduce this!
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