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Anyone with real life experience with these tyres?

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  • January 3, 2017 at 4:20 pm #26618
    AWP

    I’ll try to be brief.

    I decided I’d try to get through the winter on a pair of Conti GP4000Sii (28mm). Whether I’ve been unlucky I can’t say but I’ve had a particularly bad run of punctures mainly from flint/stones to the point that I have had to patch the rear twice (never had to do this before) and likely it will have to be skipped if it happens again. Never seen a tyre looking so cut up.

    Looking around at options, with a view to trying tubeless, I have a short list. I’ve read the reviews but could anyone, with actual experience of the following tyres, care to make any recomendations? All options would be 28mm.

    Continental GP 4 Seasons – although tubeless ability is unknown?

    Hutchinson Sector 28

    Panaracer Gravel King

    Schwalbe S-One Evo (might be called G-One Speed now?)

    Hope you can help.

    Thanks

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  • January 3, 2017 at 10:40 pm #884311
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    drosco

    Never run tubeless tyres, but
    Never run tubeless tyres, but the 4 seasons are overrated in my opinion. Have found Michelin Pro 4 endurance better for punctures, speed and wear in comparison.

    January 3, 2017 at 10:35 pm #884309
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    dunnoh

    I have recently changed from

    I have recently changed from Vittoria Paves to GP 4 Seasons because I was fed up with punctures.  The  4 Seasons are quite amazing in terms of puncture resistance but they are awful with grip in comparison to the Paves.   The best combination I ever did was 28mm Paves with a Kevlar matting inside the tyre.  But it was ruddy costly.

     

    January 3, 2017 at 8:38 pm #884307
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    paulrattew wrote:
    Going tubeless  ………

    ………… are a great shout.

    Many thanks Paul. Just the sort of info I was after. I can get a 30C in the frame so will look at the Schwable G-One Speed. 

    Thanks again. 

    Andrew

    January 3, 2017 at 6:25 pm #884305
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    mike the bike

     

     

    I’m in full agreement that tubeless is the future and confidently expect to be using the system at some point.  But there are a couple of things that make me believe the technology is not yet ready to be sprung on the majority of cyclists.  Anyone, like me, who rides bikes for fun and never races should be aware that there are significant drawbacks:

    If you do puncture out in the countryside and the tyre needs topping up some are a nightmare to re-inflate.  Fitting a tube means you’ve got to carry one, negating one of the advantages of the system.  I recently passed a rider with just this problem, his mini-pump wouldn’t even begin to put air in the tyre and I wasn’t giving him my spare tube as I had another ninety miles to ride.

    The sealants have a definite and short life in the tyre and will need renewing every few months.  They’re not cheap and the job is messy, messy, messy.

    The sealants will also bung up your valves, making inflating tricky or even impossible.

    The choice of tubeless tyres is very limited and the prices are, quite frankly, exorbitant.

    Fans of tubeless make much of the fact that ‘snakebite’ punctures are impossible.  I do get the odd flat, about one -per-year on average, but it’s always thorns or flints.  I haven’t had a pinch-flat for twenty years.

    But all this will change I’m sure and one day we’ll all be riding tubeless.  But I’m happy to wait until the ease of use equals the tubed tyres we know and love.

     

    January 3, 2017 at 5:04 pm #884303
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    paulrattew

    Going tubeless  will mean

    Going tubeless  will mean that you will avoid vast majority of punctures (no tube to pinch) and with good sealant they should cope with most other punctures well enough for you to not have to stop riding. I’ve been running tubeless since 2012 – I’ll never go back to tubes.

     

    The contis can’t be run tubeless.

    I have the Hutchinson Sector 28s. They’re great tyres and I’ve run them (tubeless) for riding on road and more gravelly tracks. They wear well, so you should get a lot of mileage out of them. The grip is good, but it takes a couple of rides to bed in (almost like they come with a coating on that needs to be worn off). They are probably not quite as fast as the contis, and are definitely not as fast as the Schwalbe S-ones, but we’re only talking a very small difference here.

    I’ve not tried the panracer tyres.

    The schwalbe s-ones (now G-one speed) are 30mm tyres and are undeniably lovely. Fast, light, super levels of grip. I really like these. They are quite a soft rubber though, so wear quicker than the hutchinson sectors. If you have loads of tyre clearance and will be riding on more mixed surfaces, then the schwalbe G-ones (35mm) are a great shout.

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