zinjack

So I moved to a location that will have some rougher roads than normal. Ill have some not so smooth railroads and not so smooth pavement but at least most spots ill ride are paved.
What is your go to tire for harsher roads

RPK79

What is your concern with these "harsher" roads? Road buzz? Traction?

Where I ride the roads are paved for the most part. I'll occasionally have to take a short jaunt on gravel to get from one road to another. Some roads I ride are nice and smooth and others can be a bit worn down (we have winter in MN and it is not nice to roads). I ride with 23mm smooth road tires. I generally buy cheap since there aren't any naturally occurring thorns or anything like that around here that I have to worry about causing flats (just the normal garbage like glass and wire) and I'm not trying to set any light weight bike records.

DXchulo

If you want comfort you might just take your favorite tire and go from a 23 to a 25. Or maybe even take your current tires and run lower pressure.

If you want durability: https://www.pricepoint.com/Brand/Maxx...FZKGfgod50gASw

zinjack

Just worried Ill ware them out faster or have more flats. Some of these are old gravel paved roads not the smooth . Some spots have some dirt/lose gravel but nothing I guess to bad.

canam73

What tires are you using now?

Proper inflation should protect you from pinch flats, though for comfort the next wider size may help. But if there are a lot of shards or thorns you may want to go to a Conti Gatorskin or similar tire from another brand.

bianchi10

I ride on some not so clean and smooth roads as well and the Continental GP4000s tire has held up like a CHAMP! This coming from a guy who said he would NEVER ride those tires because of bad prior experience with continental tires. I was won over when I test rode a hand full of wheels and all of them had these tires mounted to them. Bought a set of wheels and she gave me a set of GP4000s tires and I will buy them again when I need to replace them.

I'm running 23m but you could give 25mm's a go for some extra comfort.

zinjack

Michelin Pro4 is what I have atm yeah 23

bianchi10

Thats a great tire for racing on better than average roads IMO. the GP4000 is a more durable tire

Looigi

I've used Pro4s on fire roads and some single track. Don't hit a rock or root and pinch flat and they're fine.

zinjack

ty Ill be finished moving around the 7th or so. Ill order some and give them a try.

Seattle Forrest

It's pretty hard to say because there are so many variables. You get thousands of miles out of a tire. People ride in different places, on good, great, and awful pavement. I can't tell you how many of the miles I rode are on each type. Then you throw in dumb luck, like that patch of glass you ran over because someone's car was broken into.

That said, GP4000s are excellent tires, and if you're going to order a set, make sure they come from Europe because you'll pay half as much as if you bought them locally.

knobster

I absolutely love these tires. https://www.compasscycle.com/tires_gb_700_32.html

I've found (surprisingly so to me) that the 32's are no slower than 23's that I had on the bike previously. You didn't say what bike you have so you may need to go much smaller than 32's. These are my tires now, I'll never use anything else. I'll also never have another bike that can't support tires that size either. The older I get the more comfortable I want my bike. I've put a firewall rule to block any site that mentions the word recumbent though.

canam73

I mostly ride GP4000S, but for what the OP describes I would use Mich Pro 4 Enduance. The GP4000S and P4 Race have decent durability for a racy type tire, but both of them are more prone to having glass and other bits stick and work there way in. I also got consistently better mileage out of the Krylion Carbon (old P4 Endrance). I haven't finished my first set of the new version so I can't say for sure.

cafzali

FWIW, while I was generally a fan of the ReFuse as far as puncture resistant tires go, I got far more mileage out of Gatorskins than I ever did out of a ReFuse. Generally, a rear ReFuse only lasted me about 2,000 miles whereas I got about 5-6K out of a Gatorskin. That's just my experience, but I was amazed at the difference personally.

DXchulo

I tried Gatorskins and hated them. I didn't like the feel and didn't find them any more puncture resistant than other tires.

That's why they say YMMV, I guess.

lopek77

Love tire threads. First you read how awesome X tire is, and few posts later how awful it is lol