What new tyres for new bike?????

Dave and I rode on the conti's yesterday and they were very nice. Smooth with little effort to get them rolling. There were several punctures along the route too but none (that Im aware of) with the conti's.

I like the Schwalbe Ultremo's, they look nice as well

Fancied some Ardennes but they went up massively last year and decided I couldn't justify the spend, ah well.

i'd go for contis because the new 24mm carcass will work really well with the wider rim of the ardennes wheelset. i'm sure you can find bad reviews of them but the people i've talked to that have used them were overwhelmingly positive about them

I've been very happy with my panaracer evo2s to be honest through training, winter commuting and the etape ( good grip and no punctures at all) but do fancy a pair of Michelin Pro3s for Summer from discussion with mates who ride on them.

I have settled on Conti GP4000S's after trying most of the competition in the past.

They are fairly hard wearing, pretty robust and don't do the P-word too easily (I didn't say it so please forgive me!), and roll really well.

I used to like Michelin Pro's which I think do roll slightly better, but they used to get cut to bits all the time. I never wore a pair out, they would get too damaged to ride before then.

I have managed to wear a few pairs of Conti's out, and you do get good mileages from them, a guesstimate would say I get around 4K miles from a rear tyre.