Afternoon all.
I have a flat bar cross bike that I use for my daily 45km round trip commute.
I have used slick 700x28 tyres and have currently got 700x28 cross tyres on.
It's a mixture of roads, gravel paths and stony forest tracks.
Cross tyres are good for the wet slippery tracks, but being soft rubber they've worn out pretty quickly where they've been used on the tarmac.
Does anyone have any suggestions for rubber that has a descent tread pattern, roles well on the road, but is still hard enough rubber to put a few km's through?
Thanks,
GL.
How much clearance have you got?
I think the default answer for commute tyres is Schwalbe marathon.
That being said for mixed road/grrrrrrravel rides I like both WTB Nano and Clement XPlor USH.
yeah i use schwalbe marathons for similar stuff. The normal (not "plus") version aren't too heavy in 28mm size given how durable they are.
Right then, set of Marathons it is.
Merci.
Depends how loose your gravel and stony paths are. I stick with the cx tyres mainly but with only a few km each end of the forest roads they last well enough. I did use a [url= https://www.trekbikes.com/us/en_US/equipment/cycling-components/bike-tires-tubes/bontrager-lt3-hybrid-tire/p/08058/ ] for a while, cheap and very hard wearing but it came off in the winter for a bit of extra grip
I have been please with my Halo twinrail 28's. They are quick on the road but have been surprisingly good on gravel and tracks with the odd muddy bit. They are still sort of slick so not for actual mud, but then neither are Marathons, which ride like actual lead tyres on the road. If you want more volume a Schwalbe Landcruiser is a good option if it will fit.
Schwalbe G One Speed in 30c will handle gravel and they are excellent on the road. Come up as a 28c on narrow rims. Run mine tubeless.
Marathons are robust tyres, but soul sapping over long distance.
Marathon Supremes are far lighter, relfective sidewall, and pretty puncture resistant. Happy with mine.
My marathon plus have been on for 3000 miles now and I think i've had one puncture. They do pretty good on gravelly surfaces but there isn't a load of grip on really bad muddy gloop, so I avoid the worst of the muddy tracks, great on the road.
Great value.