Originally Posted by georges1

Hutchinson, Michelin, Panaracer and Schwalbe are good alternatives. As for Vittoria, my father had too many flats with the Vittoria Tecno Twin Tread Kevlar. Tufo, Clement an Veloflex are very expensive and fragile, back in my race days I have seen many people having flats and cuts with these tires brands. Most of the riders in the road cycling pro peloton ride Continental tires/tubulars.I have Continental on two of my four mountain bikes and they take abuse like another tire. My oldest MTB Tires are 2009 Hutchinson Toro Tubeless tires never had a leak nor a single flat with them.