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With speed being the only factor, what are your favorite tires?

Old 10-22-16, 11:27 AM
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With speed being the only factor, what are your favorite tires?

Am mulling over purchasing a set of tires with only speed in mind. No flat protection/ endurance type tires. Any experienced hands like to chime in?
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We run solely GP 4000s on the wife's tri bike
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Continental competition gp tubular tires.
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What tire is fastest after it has flatted?
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Michelin Power Competition are very fast tires, and surprisingly good against punctures. The price is really a nice bonus too.

https://www.merlincycles.com/micheli...FcRgfgodbRQAsQ
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Veloflex Records, maybe? They weigh nothing (145g,) and last a matter of hours-- expected lifespan from a rear, 1,000km.
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I've never used them but Tony Martin won the world TT championship this year on Specialized Turbo Cotton clinchers.

No tubulars needed ? Martin wins worlds with clincher tires | VeloNews.com

Which bike are you planning on putting these on? And what wheels?

Tubulars are nice but useless if you don't have tubular wheels. Tubeless tyres are nice too but again useless if you don't have a compatible set of wheels.
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Michelin Pro4 Service Course (haven't tried their new Power line yet though) or Conti GP 4000S II.
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Originally Posted by Sy Reene
What tire is fastest after it has flatted?
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You need to decide what the riding involves and how fragile you are willing to go on the tyre selection. If you don't have a fairly good chance of completing the ride puncture free you have made a poor choice.
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I have been riding Vittoria Corsa Speed G+. Seem fast to me. The one drawback is its a 23 only. I have had great luck with a really smooth ride with pressures a little bit lower than I have run 23's with in the past. I have not had any flat issues, maybe I'm just lucky. My previous tire of choice was the Open Corsa CXIII's.
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Personally, I find this kind of question almost impossible to answer unless I were conducting a dedicated test of some sort. Speed without durability is worthless to me. For that reason I'd recommend Michelin PRO4 Endurance tires, which are the very best I've ever used because they are fast and extremely durable (I've never had a single flat running on these).

Now, if I had my own personal support train I might be more willing to run on "faster," but probably less durable tires.
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Run tubeless, the Vittoria Corsa Speed Open TLR tests show a saving of 5w per tire rolling resistance over Conti 4000IIs.
Vittoria Corsa Speed (Open TLR) Rolling Resistance Review

The OP specified no endurance tires or tires with flat protection. And actually this tire has flat protection, just no belt.
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Originally Posted by thin_concrete
Michelin Pro4 Service Course (haven't tried their new Power line yet though) or Conti GP 4000S II.
BTW, on the PRO4 series, PRO4 COMP LTD is their fastest (and lightest) tires.
MICHELIN Pro4 Comp Limited - Tires road | MICHELIN - Motorcycle - United States - Bike-website -->3

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Per VeloNews, a trio of Specialized tires stack up well for fast tires. Note that the GP 4000s came in #4 of 34 tested.

Where the rubber meets the road: What makes cycling tires fast? | VeloNews.com
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Fascinating replies, thanks! Have been looking at all of these. The Veloflex is a truly light tire. Pro 4 LTD and Power Competition look really nice. And Specialized is making some fine rubber. Wow, tough choice.

Buying these for an event that features nice blacktop with little chance of flatting- (uh oh..) they won't be used as an every day tire. Not looking to go tubeless.

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Conti Grand Prix 4000 S III
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... and Vittoria Corsa Evo CX
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Any tire that is red is the fastest.

The redder the faster.
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Specialized Turbo's
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32c Continental Sport Contact 2, if I wanna go fast on my commute
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Quantitatively the fastest;

Vittoria Corsa Speed: https://www.bicyclerollingresistance....rsa-speed-2016

the new Corsa with Graphine is excellent also
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Originally Posted by nuxley
Conti Grand Prix 4000 S III
Imaginary future tires are definitely the fastest.
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Originally Posted by Airtorn
Per VeloNews, a trio of Specialized tires stack up well for fast tires. Note that the GP 4000s came in #4 of 34 tested.

Where the rubber meets the road: What makes cycling tires fast? | VeloNews.com
But one tire is a tubular and not a clincher. Another thing to keep in mind is Specialized tires aren't discounted much but the Conti can be purchased for half the noted price
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Victorri Open Corsa G+ one of the fastest and most sticky tire I have rode and raced on
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