Comments on: Choosing Tyres for Commuting http://cyclinginfo.co.uk/blog/203/bikes/choosing-tyres-for-commuting/ Cycling info - advice and tips Fri, 20 Dec 2013 10:22:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.8 By: tejvan http://cyclinginfo.co.uk/blog/203/bikes/choosing-tyres-for-commuting/comment-page-1/#comment-88438 Sat, 14 Jul 2012 07:14:20 +0000 http://cyclinginfo.co.uk/blog/bikes/choosing-tyres-for-commuting/#comment-88438 There is the http://www.wiggle.co.uk/continental-touring-plus-reflex-city-road-tyre/
and continental touring plus http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Models.aspx?ModelID=30218

]]> By: David http://cyclinginfo.co.uk/blog/203/bikes/choosing-tyres-for-commuting/comment-page-1/#comment-88367 Fri, 13 Jul 2012 22:28:23 +0000 http://cyclinginfo.co.uk/blog/bikes/choosing-tyres-for-commuting/#comment-88367 I’m very fond of my old Conti 2000 Top Touring tyres… they’ve done many thousands of miles, and are still virtually unworn. Firmly touching my desk here…. but I’ve had two punctures in total over that time ~ one on day one, where the LBS that had fitted them at point of sale (on a second hand Dawes) had only inflated to ~50-55 PSI, and it had picked up a glass shard in the front tyre tread, and a second where the rim tape was inadequate at the valve hole, and the ‘rigid clip’ frame fit pump rubbed the valve base against the slightly rough edge… over several seasons this cut the rubber near the valve.

Since increasing the inflation pressure to 70 PSI front and 75 PSI (recommended maximum) in the rear I have had no additional punctures.

They are also extremely low rolling resistance for a 28mm tyre, and the coast-down performance is noticeably better than that of most of my companion riders. They have excellent grip on normal roads and do far better than most expect in soft conditions and in gravel, though they aren’t particularly aggressively treaded.

They have been discontinued for a number of years now, and I’m not sure if the current premium Top Touring tyre is similar.

]]> By: Steffan Kennett http://cyclinginfo.co.uk/blog/203/bikes/choosing-tyres-for-commuting/comment-page-1/#comment-7205 Thu, 19 Mar 2009 23:07:38 +0000 http://cyclinginfo.co.uk/blog/bikes/choosing-tyres-for-commuting/#comment-7205 Tyre width. You use ” as an abbreviation. This means inches, but I suspect you mean to say millimetres. You should say 23 mm rather than 23″. Unless of course I’ve got the wrong end of the stick and you use really wide tyres, or mean tyre diameter when you say tyre width.

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