Cyclocross - Wheels for TREK XO-1

I own a cyclocross bike, but I commute to work as well. I am thinking about getting a set of commute tires and set of road tires for a century or long bike ride on the weekends. What kind of tires would you recommend out there? Thanks for the help.

I am new to this organized biking world, so all the help would be much appreciated.

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For the commute, you can find ready-made Open Pro laced 32x3 to 105 hubs all over the interwebs (and through your LBS AFAIK). Great value.

It depends a bit on what you're after.
If you like the larger, knobbier cx tires for commuting on, then I'd suggest you get something that you can put on just for the longer road rides like a 23c or 25c tire, then put your cx tires back on for commuting after the ride.

What Flargle is suggesting is buying another set of wheels complete with casette and tires and such, this just makes it much quicker for changing the type of tire you want, as you just take one wheel out and put in another, but if you only do it once in a while, just buy the tires and you get some practice for changing flats while you're at it.

Or you could go one for both. A tire like the Panaracer t-serv 25 or 28 could serve both types of riding. While it is design as a max messenger tire, it is also recomended as a training tire. The later type is often suggested for long road rides. Today I just received a pair of 28's which weigh only 290 g. and have the look and puncture resistance to be a ride. Am looking forward to giving them roll. I don't think I give up anything going to 28's, they have lower bounce resistance than 25 and 23's and since, most of the time my speed is below 20 mph the added wind resistance does not cancel out the rolling gain. FWIW, the T-Serv 28's have max 105 psi and are attractive price point.

Good luck with your choice.