These are excellent tyres for puncture-resistance. This seems like a good price (I paid £55 a couple of years ago for a pair ).
13 comments
apologue
5 Sep 17#1
These are excellent tyres for puncture-resistance. This seems like a good price (I paid £55 a couple of years ago for a pair ).
jasondungate90
5 Sep 17#2
Are these good wet weather tyres?
idontknowwhoyouare to jasondungate90
5 Sep 17#3
'Continental grand prix 4 season' are the better wet weather tyre
YouTalkinToMe to jasondungate90
6 Sep 17#11
No. No. And NO.
Honestly, unless puncture proofness is of utmost importance to you, then don't buy these if you plan on using them in the wet.
They are unbelievably slippery and offer very little grip. Not just my opinion but the opinion of lots of cyclists.
If you want a we weather tyre maybe you should try the 4 Seasons.
LemonHead
6 Sep 17#4
Doesn't give much spec on their website. What's the weight and TPI of these tyres?
te721
6 Sep 17#5
Great price!
robodan918 to te721
6 Sep 17#9
that's gatorskin gator hardshell is better in my experience
gta15
6 Sep 17#6
If you’re a commuter and a casual weekender then I think
these tyres are good. (I commmute in the winter months too, hail, snow, wind and lots of rain here in Scotland)
If your racing downhill round bends in the wet or trying to get that KOM then maybe not!
I've also had a puncture with these, only one in a year (approx 2000miles)
and it was an industrial sized staple!
apologue
6 Sep 17#7
Looks like a possible 10% off at the weekend, with code: WEEKENDER (excludes bikes, groupsets and bundles).
Brookydave
6 Sep 17#8
Some years ago Gatorskin were very slippery tyres and I used 4 seasons, Then I and a few mates noticed 4 seasons started to go granular, pick up road debris and get punctures. So I went back to Gatorskins about 18 months ago - what a difference. Mine - 25 front 28 rear have stacks of grip now - enough to lift the back wheel in the wet when it all goes wrong on the Lakes /Yorkshire hills. Just a balance of opinion!
robodan918 to Brookydave
6 Sep 17#10
for city commuting, the gator hardshells are perfect I used to get lots of punctures on my stock tyres, fewer on gatorskin, and none ever with gator hardshell I've used wet/dry, and I just "drive the conditions" - i.e. going slower and being more careful when it's wet and icy. Never had a problem, but it stands to reason that tougher tyres will be made of harder rubber, which loses grip more easily in the cold and wet
YouTalkinToMe to robodan918
6 Sep 17#12
Yup, for city riding they're all right. As long as you're sensible with your cornering then you ought to be fine.
But when it comes to descending down -15% hills around corners and braking for hairpins in the wet you want softer rubber which is grippier.
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Honestly, unless puncture proofness is of utmost importance to you, then don't buy these if you plan on using them in the wet.
They are unbelievably slippery and offer very little grip. Not just my opinion but the opinion of lots of cyclists.
If you want a we weather tyre maybe you should try the 4 Seasons.
gator hardshell is better in my experience
If your racing downhill round bends in the wet or trying to get that KOM then maybe not!
I've also had a puncture with these, only one in a year (approx 2000miles) and it was an industrial sized staple!
I used to get lots of punctures on my stock tyres, fewer on gatorskin, and none ever with gator hardshell
I've used wet/dry, and I just "drive the conditions" - i.e. going slower and being more careful when it's wet and icy. Never had a problem, but it stands to reason that tougher tyres will be made of harder rubber, which loses grip more easily in the cold and wet
But when it comes to descending down -15% hills around corners and braking for hairpins in the wet you want softer rubber which is grippier.