I am new here and pretty new to cycling. I have a Fuji Tread 1.0 that is about 3 years old and needs new tires. I was looking at the Continental Gatorskin 700c X 32, to replace the 700c X 35s that came with the bike. REI has a nice price on them now through mail order. I have a couple of questions.

• I ride almost exclusively on roads. In fact there is only one stretch on one of my routes, about mile long, that consists of packed dirt or stone dust, maybe some small stones. Would this tire be OK for that?
• I have not changed a bike tire for maybe 50 years! A couple of reviews for this tire said it was hard to mount, and no bike shops are open around here now. Does anyone have any experience as to whether these tires really are harder than most to mount? Are there any hints or videos to help me out? I don't want to get the old tires off, and then find I can't mount the old or re-mount the old tires and be without my bike.

Thanks,