Michelin Krylion Carbons...

[XitUp]

bds!

[AyBee]

Care to elaborate? These have just been recommended to me by someone who commutes from Bath to Bristol daily - I assume from your reaction that they're rubbish?

[XitUp]

Meant to be very good. A sod to get on though.

[amnesia182]

XitUp said:

Meant to be very good. A sod to get on though.

Depends on the wheels... took me about 3 hours to get a pair on my Fulcrum rims, but only 5 minutes on my Mavics (with bare hands).
Very good, reliable tyres though.

TOP TIP - run them quite low... max PSI is 115 IIRC, I run mine at 95-100 PSI and they roll much much better.

[XitUp]

Yeah, they were going on Mavic Open Pro rims. Once she's figured out my girlfriend did it in a few mins apart from the last few inches that I did. No levers.

[Mr Pies]

How much are they? I will be needing some new tires for my impending commute very soon.

[amnesia182]

Mr Pies said:

How much are they? I will be needing some new tires for my impending commute very soon.

You can pick them up for under £20 delivered if you shop around.

I think I got mine from CRC or Ribble.

[MadDad]

Great tyres, and nice and easy to fit to a set of Shimano RS30's! I have managed well over 1k miles without a puncture (yet).....!

[red355]

Krylions are great winter/spring tyres ...but as they became very very rare a few years back, when they stops producing them for a while.
I switched to conti 4-seasons which have much more grip in the cold weather.
I've put 3,000 on the current pair since sept and the back is getting thin but no punctures and hardly any cuts, front still looks pretty good. so they do cost a few quid more but they last.

YMMV