fishigan

I had a close call this morning. Involved a Schnauzer, a gate, and too much speed. I left a little rubber on the pavement. Actually it's a real cool 15 foot skid! Now I have a not so cool flat spot on my rear tire.
This got me to thinking, what is a good tire? I'm thinking I might get something new. But have no clue. Are the prices per tire or for a set of two? Also I have the stock wheels and stock 700X25c tires. Would I need new wheels for a 23c tire? It appears that 90% of them I have seen are 23c.

fishigan

I was thinking along the lines of maybe a set of Michelin Megamium's or Vittoria Rubino or Vredestein Fortezza or Hutchinson Fusion Team Series. Or anything else.

xsdg

I would assume this has been discussed here many times in the past, but you want to do most of your braking with your front wheel. That you left rubber on the ground means that you're not braking as effectively as you could be.

The reason that you want to use the front as opposed to the rear is due to the torque effect when braking (your rear wheel will tend to unweight during heavy braking). Something similar, though less pronounced, happens in cars, which is why the brake bias is usually considerably forward.

formulaben

I really liked the Vittorias, but I just had a casing failure and replaced with Vredesteins. The V-Stein's 145 psi limitation is nice, but I wish it was a slick because they are quieter.

Jakey

I love my Vredestien fortezza tricomps....

cryogenic

I've heard good things about the Michelin Carbons... That's what I'm putting on my build project. Supposedly they last 3500 miles or so. We'll see how that goes.

operator

Don't bother with 23's unless every road is smooth as glass where you live. They'll be worse than 25's.

fishigan

Thanks for the input and tip about breaking. It was more of a oh sh*t kinda thing.
I'll look more into the V-Steins. Also will look at the Michelin PRO² Race. Suppose to be smooth and long lasting too.