First world problem of the day… Which tyres to fit on the Wazoo 29er wheels for the wet season, replacing 28mm Grand Sport Races (that I want to fit to my road bike over winter)? 😆
2.35″ G-Ones: Ran them early summer, great on the road, bar a single rear puncture. Only replaced them with the 28mm bargains to try a narrow tyre for summer and see if I could break the 15min barrier to work (successfully done once)! Only recall riding them hard in some rain once, skidded to a stop from ~20mph when some twunt pulled out of a side road and blocked my clear lane because they could not get into the second lane approaching roundabout.
2.3″ BSC Type 1s (re-badged Speedsters): Untested £8 each bargains. Heavier at ~1.5Kg for the pair vs ~1.1Kg for the G-Ones, but they have the central honeycomb “tread” and well defined grooves on the side. Might cope better with any bits of off-road I fancy tackling over winter, G-Ones aren’t supposed to be great off-road in wet conditions.
35mm(~32 really?) Randonneur Pros: Used very briefly last summer in dry, unusually low max pressure of 70PSI meant they felt horrid to ride at the time (but I was ~15Kg heavier back then), might not be so bad now if I used ~60/65PSI. They feel like they have a decent puncture protection layer, bit of tread definition, ~0.8Kg for the pair.
38mm Marathon Crosses: Bit heavy but they are wire bead, ~1.1Kg for the pair. But they roll great and very little wear from ~1000 miles, a bargain for £16 at PX last time I looked. Only snag is I finally get these back from a ~4/5 month loan this coming weekend!
38mm 45Nrth Gravdals: Bought from CTBM for ~£35 each(?) in late Jan, guaranteeing no more icy conditions for the year! Like my other tyres off bikes, they’ve been shielded from UV to keep them in good shape. ~250 studs per tyre, with CX style off-road knobs. Fitting them now means no panic over winter if ice/frost arrives, but the unknown is how much they might wear if I fit them now. ~1.6Kg for the pair beasts! 😯
Slight downer is I thought I could fit the rear BSC Type1 and keep the quick-fit Beavertail XL mudguard on, but no dice. I’ve got a rear Fatguard, but it doesn’t offer the same level of protection to the bike.
What would STWers do ❓