I forgot to mention one thing in a previous post. I had a set of Conti GP4000''s with the Vectron belt; it's a good tire that cost me $59 each (on sale from $65), but they didn't last long about 1800 miles which kind of pissed me off. So I dropped down to the Gatorskin Ultra, which quite frankly I can't tell the difference and so far they seem to be holding up. Then on one of the other bikes I have the Vittoria Rubino Pro II which I got at a close out for $35; and I think I like these better then the Conti's but I'm still testing.

The best thing to do with tires is to find closeout specials that way you can get a better tire at lower cost. Personally I won't ride on $15 tires (not sale price) because I don't think they ride as well nor handle as well, but if I was on a tight budget then I would without giving it a second thought.