Tyres

[Olly]

Hi all!

I have been looking for a while for some new tyres.
I want 700x23 maybe folding and White (or maybe red)
I know the fact I want coloured tyres may be a bit questionable but my bike would look all the better for them so there!!!
I comute every day in London but have only had one punture sofar this year ( and that was me being careless )
Even though I comute each day I'm quite "racey" and would like something fast, slick, cool and yet still quite hard wearing.

Any suggestions?

Cheers
Olly x

 

[Will1985]

Conti GP4000 are probably what you're looking for. There is a special limited edition set of white tyres which they do, but they are pretty rare and cost something like £70/pair. I know a place in Brum which has a set though...

I think you can also get Schwalbe Stelvios and a Vittoria tyre in white.

Personally I stick to black - the discolouration makes it lose the good looks quickly from what I've seen on others' bikes.

 

[kyuss]

Conti GP4000 are probably what you're looking for. There is a special limited edition set of white tyres which they do, but they are pretty rare and cost something like £70/pair. I know a place in Brum which has a set though...

Probikekit have them for £50 the pair at the moment, which is a proper bargain.

 

[ASC1951]

I want 700x23 maybe folding and White (or maybe red)

Nothing wrong with coloured tyres, Olly. Perfectly normal!

Consider also Vittoria Rubino Pro, which you can get in white with a black running strip - I don't think anyone makes a pure white tyre. I generally use Michelin tyres - Axials for general riding, Race Pros for the best bike in the dry - and you can get a wide range of colours; but not white.

 

[Olly]

Thanks for the help!
I have had my eyes on the conti's for a while and that price look too good to pass up on.
I'll probably get them when I get paid at the end of the month

As for thoughts of discolouration, as I have a week till I get paid...
Does anyone have a picture of White tyres after a fair bit of use????
If they look rubish I'll stick with black.
Or maybe try red???????

Cheers
Olly

 

[Mr Pig]

I use Specialized Nimbus Armadillo, although I think you only get them in 700x38. They have a red sidewall, black tread and are very puncture resistant. Very.

 

[Olly]

Thanks Mr Pig!
The more input the better!
I'll have look at your suggestions once I get on the big computer and not on the iPhone (no cut and paste)

How do you find the colour holds up???

Cheers
Olly

 

[Mr Pig]

Well, it's still red if that's what you mean? Dirty, less red. Clean, more red. But the pigment itself does not fade, or at least has not faded yet.

Did I say they were very puncture resistant?

 

[Olly]

That makes perfect sense to me!!!
I'll post pics when I get the tyres
Cheers
Olly

 

[4F]

I have some yellow Michelin Krylion Carbon which also come in red and grey
http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Models.aspx?PartnerID=79&ModelID=20460

Very nice

 

[brady37]

schwalbe ultremo are a great tyre and come in differnt colours websters bikeshop have them on offer they are very light and strong check out online shops for best deals i think websters were the best deal

 

[Ademort]

Hi all!

I have been looking for a while for some new tyres.
I want 700x23 maybe folding and White (or maybe red)
I know the fact I want coloured tyres may be a bit questionable but my bike would look all the better for them so there!!!
I comute every day in London but have only had one punture sofar this year ( and that was me being careless )
Even though I comute each day I'm quite "racey" and would like something fast, slick, cool and yet still quite hard wearing.

Any suggestions?

Cheers
Olly x

Try Michelin Krylion carbon they tick all the boxes, very puncture resistant i use them on my work bike. I use Continental GP4000S on my good bike,excellent tyres but not as hardwearing or puncture resistant as the Krylions, and you can get them in Red.
Ademort

 

[stoatsngroats]

OK, many are gonna howl at me for this......

I use very cheap vittoria rubino tyres http://www.shinybikes.com/product.php?productid=16258 , £10 each.
Apart from the first pair, which had, during early use, not been inflated to the correct pressure and consequently split on the sidewall (over 4 years!), I've found them to be excellent.

Only a very infrequent visit by the PF, no more than 2 in 4 years!, and for the cost, why pay more....?



(Edit....not folding tho!)

 

[briank]

Me, I drink Eastern European red fortified with anti-freeze.
It works!
Why pay more?
(The answer to this question is as hard to present in verbal argument as is the answer to stoatsngroats.)

 

[stoatsngroats]

Me, I drink Eastern European red(is this a RED wine....or red diesel....?) fortified with anti-freeze.
It works!
Why pay more?
(The answer to this question is as hard to present in verbal argument as is the answer to stoatsngroats.)

(Much too cryptic for me - I'll never understand...!)