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Schwalbes and Gatorskins have been good for me. The Conti's look better with their ultra cool, NASCAR style lettering, though
I think the Schwalbes are better in wet and cornering, but the thing that some might find undesirable about the Conti's, i.e. stiff and unresilient, is a positive to me riding chunked-up, pot-holed streets. Im riding the 25's and they have taken a real beating but havent transferred said beating to my back and rims like other super skinny tires have in the past. Another useless opinion out of Kentucky
Not useless at all, I have 700 by 32 Conti's, and like I said earlier in the thread have not punctured since 2006 (knock on wood) and at 80psi they're a little harsh but not as bad as others I used to ride. My stretch without a flat is with urban cycling, too - very little "road" miles, almost all street/sidewalk/parking lot utilitarian cycling, dodging West Texas goatheads on dirty city streets
Of course now that I'm posting about a 6+ year stretch with no flats, I'm going to start having them daily until i cry "Uncle"!!