venomx

I ride a hybrid bike on road and off road on paths and managed to get a puncture from a thorn. And with the help of some YouTube tutorials managed to fix it after 7 hours

should I get some more durable tyres ? If so which ones do I get ?
my current ones are resist protect 28-622 700x28c

these ones look good
https://www.chainreactioncycles.com/.../rp-prod171961

attached is a picture of my current tyre



I need tyres which are fast on road and puncture resistant off road

venomx

Think I’ll go for these ones...
https://www.wiggle.co.uk/continental...ire-road-tyre/

dabac

looks like a better option. More similar to your current tires.
Probably more protection as well. ”Race guard”, notice the order of listing? More ”race” than ”guard”.

venomx

ok they will fit right ? My current tyres are 28-622 700x28c

dabac

The numbers match, so they will be meant to fit anyhow. Actually mounting them may be either harder or easier. There is some production tolerance in both rims and tires.

venomx

cant be any more difficult than the stock ones which took me 7.5hours to put back on until I watched some more YouTube tutorials

venomx

Spoke to a bike mechanic and he suggested the continentals so went with them .
what exactly made it so difficult to change the inner tube? Was it the tyre or the rim ?

DiabloScott

Most likely it was your technique - there are lots of little tricks that guys learn by doing it dozens of times... you'll get better.
But new tires are always tougher than well-used ones.

Crankycrank

I recommend practicing changing your tires a few times as flats are inevitable no matter what tires you run although it may be a once a year thing or less if you're lucky. With some practice you can casually change a tube in 10 mins,15 if some passerby wants to stop and tell you their life story during the fix. Thorns are one of the worst hazards so if you encounter many of these pesky things you can expect more flats.

alcjphil

While some tire and rim combinations are more difficult to install than others, in this case your own inexperience was also a big factor. I have probably repaired and installed several thousand bike tires over the years and am almost always able to install a tire using my hands alone

philbob57

4 syllables: Kool-Stop Tire Jack.

I used to ride on Vittoria Randonneurs. Ruined 3 tubes trying to install the damned things. Took them in to a bike shop which does a free install with a new tube or tire bought from them. Their top mechanic took 20 minutes to install the tire - then had to take it off and reinstall because the valve stem was crooked. That took another 20 minutes.

Bought the tire jack - installed the tire in a few minutes.