Originally Posted by Phantoj
Avocets are all about the carbon black - no silica. Jobst Brandt, who worked for Avocet (consulting?), and posted/posts a bunch on rec.bicycles, is a huge fan of slicks with carbon black, rather than modern (usually colored) silica-based tires or treaded tires.
Interesting point - I hadn't even thought about the compositional differences! (few talk of it anywhere except r.b.r. archives)
Originally Posted by brianallan
I'm a big fan of Conti 4000's, and Vittoria's higher rung racing tires. Though the durability on Vittorias is non existent.
What I found interesting were that all of the premium tires share almost identical tread patterns (Gommitalia, Veloflex, Vittoria, Vred Tricomp pros, etc)