Tyres for offroad / CX type bike

[Stiggolas]

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

[Stiggolas]

MC Bodge said:

It is always a compromise, but the best on/off road compromise I've used are Schwalbe Land Cruiser. Not as heavy as Marathon, but still very puncture resistant.

Loving the way the Land Cruiser link takes me to the PH classifieds

[Stiggolas]

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!