ah soltour at the risk of getting shot i have to disagree with you.ok there pretty good a puncture proof but so are most touring tyres .the first time i rode my conti's i got a puncture just bad luck and pilot error, dident see the tree across the road,and the conti's are not the easy'ist tyre to mount but give me them any day over the marathon plus which as i said before are to heavy and the main reason i have them hanging on a nail in my shed, is useless on wet tarmac i just don't like the feel of them on wet roads. i was thinking of switching to the supreams but i think they might be just to wide for me ,but i do think they have a lot going for them pity they don't make them in smaller width's 1.5