Originally Posted by
Miles2go
Additional thoughts on this thread is that it would be useful to know what is important to those speaking of their "favorite road tubeless tires".
Here's a rough breakdown for me, on road tire priority:
1: Fast.
2: Top tier puncture resistance.
3: Somewhat easy to mount to Campy Bora WTO 45 wheels.
4: Long wearing.
5: Lightweight.
Conti 5000TL fails on 3 and 5, and thus far, it's the only tubeless tire I've tested long-term.
"Fast" and "Top tier puncture resistance" are unfortunately fairly mutually exclusive. So if you put "Fast" as your number 1 priority, then by default "Puncture resistance" needs to move further down your priority list.
For example Pirelli Cinturato Velos score very high on puncture resistance, but they're not exactly fast. I don't think there is a truly fast tyre that has top tier puncture resistance. Would be great if there was and they would sell fast!