Which Tyres????

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Hi All

I've got a Boardman CX Team which I am doing a lot more road miles on rather than off road, so I'm looking to swap the tyres from 700x35s to something more road-suited. I've been looking online and it would appear that I would be fine with 28s, but there's a lack of certainty about whether 25s would fit??

That then leads to which tyres to buy? I like the look of the Conti Gatorskins (but their are different types, ultras, hardshells, etc.), or the Conti Grand Prix 4 Seasons, but being new to cycling, i don't know which are good and which aren't.

Any recommendations?

Thanks

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cirian75 said:

I'm looking at the Boardman CX Team Bike

My works use the Halford bike scheme, how are you finding it so far ?

I've only had the bike for about 6 weeks but i really like it. I love the way it looks, and the spec was better than anything else i could get for that money on the Halfords Cycle to Work scheme.

The Halfords customer service has been fantastic, however the mechanical skills maybe not so much. From other horror stories i have read, i think i've been quite lucky in how well they put the bike together but I have had minor issues with the brakes and indexing. I was talking to someone last night who had issues with how his was built by his local Halfords, that were so bad that he stripped the bike down himself and rebuilt it.

TBH i think the mechanical skills are a bit hit and miss depending on which store you get it from. Although i've not had any major issues, i'm still going to take it to my local bike shop at some point to get them to give it the once over.

So basically, i think the bike is great but the skills of the Halfords mechanics are somewhat in doubt. I may have felt more confident if i had bought the bike in the box and got the local bike shop to build it from scratch.

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Thanks for all the advice folks!

I think i'm going to get the Conti 4 Seasons. Just need to decide on 25s or 28s! I've got different people telling me different things!

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ecsrobin said:

Big Worm 1 said:

Thanks for all the advice folks!

I think i'm going to get the Conti 4 Seasons. Just need to decide on 25s or 28s! I've got different people telling me different things!

http://www.wiggle.co.uk/continental-grand-prix-4-season-folding-road-tyre/

Thanks. I'm going to get them from Halfords though. They are £1 more expensive per tyre, but i get 20% off there, so i'll save myself about £14.