I ride a trek pilot 2.1 and I've been riding on bontrager race lights. these are nice tired but I get plats waaaayyy too often. I did research and found that they only have a tpi of 60. Now i'm looking for new tires.
continental 4 season tires have a tpi of 430 and Conti. 4000s has 330 and the conti. gator skins have 170.....
I'm looking for the best 700x25 tire and i've come up with these 3. Now I dont ride in the rain or when its cold out and i dont put many miles on the bike. Being a bigger guy should i go with the 4 seasons?
I wouldn't use anything other than the GP4000S, with the exception of the Attack/Force combo also from Continental.
You're a bigger guy? How big? When I got back on the bike a few years ago after a decade drinking beer and eating bbq and was almost 230lbs, I used the Conti Attack/Force and they were great. The 25mm 4000S should be just as good. The Chili compound is ace and I've only had one puncture in 3 sets of tires - and that's with plenty of riding though random country roads with somewhat suspect road surfaces.
There are flats and there are flats. What kind is yours? snakebite AKA pinch flats? or road debris poking holes? For the first, a bigger air chamber/higher pressure will help, for the second there are puncture protected tires liners etc available. A wider tire run at lower pressure will also be more resistant to penetration punctures.
I wouldn't use anything other than the GP4000S, with the exception of the Attack/Force combo also from Continental.
You're a bigger guy? How big? When I got back on the bike a few years ago after a decade drinking beer and eating bbq and was almost 230lbs, I used the Conti Attack/Force and they were great. The 25mm 4000S should be just as good. The Chili compound is ace and I've only had one puncture in 3 sets of tires - and that's with plenty of riding though random country roads with somewhat suspect road surfaces.
+1 ... also Maxxix ReFuse, Schwalbe Ultremo ZX, Schwalbe Durano, Schwalbe Durano Plus are definitely worth considering :-)
