Originally Posted by
10 Wheels
Buy your tires ahead of time on sale.
+1 on this too (including tubes).
Since rear tires wear at roughly twice the rate as the front, I buy mine in sets of three. That way I already have a spare in stock. When I mount that one, I buy three more.
Best price on Continentals is at the UK web sites. I use
Ribble Cycles UK, but they're all around the same price.