Originally Posted by
Tini.AD
Hello, I was hoping to get some advice on buying a pair of good puncture resistant tyres.
Its for use on my Claud Butler Explorer 200. I currently have 700x35 tyres.
I'm about to start university in Bath so won't have time or money to fix punctures so puncture resistance is priority.
I was hoping to get tyres that would also be decent for cycling on hills too.
I've been looking at:
Michelin Pilot City
Schwalbe Marathon Plus
Continental Travel Contact
Recommendations on inner tubes would also be very welcome.
Any help will be greatly appreciated, thank you.
Well, if money is an issue, it will generally take a heck of a lot of patches and tube cement to add up to the premium cost of even one puncture-resistent tire...
That being said, I have Vittoria Randonneur Pro 700x35's on my touring bike, and they've gone a couple thousand miles of everything from rolling through glass-strewn sidewalks on city streets, to semi-rough single track, without any flats. They also have the usual downsides in terms of weight and rolling resistance, like any tire in that class.