New tyre advice :)

[Phil4000]

You must live in a well-run municipality. Here in Wiltshire, the cycle of road degradation and repair is decades rather than seasons. ☹️

Yes, some of the roads round here are in a state.

Combined with damp, debris from trees this time of year, I'm thinking a good set of winter tyres are an investment.

Will post back here when I get them, give my observations. On paper they are quite a step up from my current ones, so will be interesting to see.

 

[Dogtrousers]

Those tyres look to be a bit rubbish in that the sidewall is splitting/degrading but the tread pattern doesn't look worn so they don't seem to have done all that much distance.

I don't have any sensible suggestion. For ordinary clinchers I use Schwalbe Durano Plus because they are super tuff, but I don't know if that's what you're looking for and I don't have a wide experience of different kinds of tyre.

 

[Phil4000]

Those tyres look to be a bit rubbish in that the sidewall is splitting/degrading but the tread pattern doesn't look worn so they don't seem to have done all that much distance.

I don't have any sensible suggestion. For ordinary clinchers I use Schwalbe Durano Plus because they are super tuff, but I don't know if that's what you're looking for and I don't have a wide experience of different kinds of tyre.

Yes, they're done. I've ordered a pair of GP5000 AS TR for £100.

 

[Binky]

I've always ridden on Continental GP4000/5000 and found them to be very good. My new bike came with Schwalbe Pro One and they seem very good as well. A mate of mine swears the Schwable tyres are best around but who knows. Unless you're racing and want the best lightest/fastest etc I'd say go mid range and see what's on offer.

 

[Phil4000]

May try the Continental GP 5000 over summer, if the AS 5000 work out.

The GP 4 season, seem to be a bit tougher. Perhaps I should have gone for them... part of my commute on a cycle lane, would qualify as a gravel track due to tree debris at the moment!

Will stick with what I've ordered, if I swap to a lighter tyre over spring/summer I may get a couple of autumn/winters out of them from what I've read.

The 5000's seem to be popular for performance plus some puncture protection.