Originally Posted by tractorlegs

The Geax Evolutions are eye candy, too - they look very sharp. I'm gonna stick with that suggestion. The thing with tires is that if you buy cheap, you end up buying more often because they don't last as long. If you buy high quality and pay the big bucks once, you can get a heckuva lot of care-free miles and save cash in the long run. There's a lot of riders here in the forums that have gone thousands and thousands of miles without a puncture. My last flat was in 2006. Get something from Geax or Schwalb (Marathon) or Continental (Town&Country is good). Look for low tpi - 60 is a good number (the lower the tpi the more puncture resistant the tire). Some areas of bicycling we can go the cheaper route (grips? computers? things like that) but other areas it just pays to go with quality and higher cost (lighting, saddle, tires, groupo, etc)