Southside Mike
Active Member
- Location
- Somewhere wet and cold
I've had GP 4 seasons on my commuter for 2 years. Two punctures, both caused by hitting potholes in the dark.
I like them
I like them
After getting tired of multiple punctures on the commute I went with Schwalbe Marathon Plus on the basis they seem almost bomb-proof and <touch wood> not a one since.
That's possibly a fair comparison - the protection built in to them makes them heavier / harder running than a soft, light, smooth tyre; but there comes a point where the repeated punctures stop being "fun" and you'll take whatever tyres are going to stop you doing the "walk the bike" home.Didnt a CC member once describe M+ ride as 'jogging in wellies' or was that about the D+?
I don't like them (Duranos), what do you and everybody else here think of Gatorskins, please?
How is this possible, were you putting so much power down you were spinning it up?My opinion of them is slightly lower than a snakes goolies. I wore one down to the cords inside 500 miles once.
I do spin the rear up quite readily on some of the steeper hills on some of my routes, especially if there are leaves, or wet gravelly mud on the roads, this is never going to be good for a fragile tyre.How is this possible, were you putting so much power down you were spinning it up?
I don't like them (Duranos), what do you and everybody else here think of Gatorskins, please?
I've never been a fan of Continental tyres. But I do think getting a puncture is more down to bad luck rather then the tyre. Myself and @rb58 both run the same Rubino tyres on our bikes. He has had a couple of punctures on his newly fitted tyres, yet I've had none with mine, and I've done a 1000+ miles on them already.
How is this possible, were you putting so much power down you were spinning it up?
Do you, by any chance, have a more obsessive checking regime than Ross?
Well would you believe it. Myself and @rb58 out on a ride today. Both on Rubino's shod wheels. He had yet another puncture whilst I was fine.