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Old 09-17-22, 01:16 PM
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One thing I like about Specialized tires I have owned…

…is minimal graphics on their road tires. Only speaking for 3 sets I have owned.


for a minimally graphic road bike.

Hoping these are as nice as others used - with longer life. Bought a 3rd tire for future rear replacement. Initial impression is 26mm may be too cushy for a race style, quality framed bike over smooth pavement. Maybe shoulda ordered 24s, and saved a few more $$$. Next time for another bike. YMMV

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I agree with the minimal graphics thing.

However my newest bike came with Specialized Turbo Cottons... possibly it was only Turbo Pro's and I've just forgotten. And they had hardly any puncture resistance. I got two or three rear flats on them in less than 300 miles. So they had to go.

Now I'm back to using GP5000's that favored on my previous bike and putting up with the overly large graphics. But so far, I've not had a puncture or other flat with them other than the one rear tire I wore to the threads and I replaced it after it's first puncture at over 4000 miles.

If you have better luck with the Turbo Cotton's then I might give Specialized another try for tires.
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Originally Posted by Iride01
I agree with the minimal graphics thing.... And they had hardly any puncture resistance. I got two or three rear flats on them in less than 300 miles.
My Specialized Diverge came with Specialized sawtooth tires. My experience was the same on both counts. I replaced those Specialized tires with Schwalbe Marathon Plus tires within a few months. (I know some forum members don't like those Schwalbes, but I got them because I wanted the flat resistance.) Flats with the Schwalbes were few and far between. But every flat I've had except one has been on the rear tire, so I am now running the Marathon Plus on the rear and the Specialized tires that came with the bike on the front.
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I can agree with Iride01 and Random11 about longevity. But that was acknowledged in post 1.

I may have to share the road with motor traffic in my area, but I get almost zero glass debris. Perhaps 'no shoulders' has advantages in tire life. No goathead type plants on my packed gravel travels (with different tires). Had zero flats with two sets of Specialized race tubulars, just wore down the rubber. Thrilling tires on a thrilling ride - but short lived.
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I've always been happy with Specialized Tires..

As soon as I got my new Bike, a 2023 Trek FX Sport 6, I ditched the tires that came on it and replaced them with Specialized Pathfinder Pro tires..

I mainly ride in the City / tarmac and have no flats so far several hundred miles in.. I do run Tubolito X Gravel TPU tubes that they claim are flat proof so perhaps those are helping the tires remain flat free..

I also dig the minimal graphics on the tires.



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I really like my Specialized Turbo Cottons, partly for the same reason, and I don't find their 28mm ones too squishy, at 80/85 psi. Picked a goathead out from one yesterday, too, and didn't have to fix the leak because I use sealant, and find it pretty effective.



1976 Fredo Speciale at the Rio Grande

As for low-key, tasteful and understated graphics, I love how Pearl Izumi made these logos digitally pre-faded:



Digitally "stone-washed" logos
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Been using Spec. Roubaix Pros (32s) for quite a few years now. No problems at all, and good longevity/flat resistance/ride quality: roads and non-technical dirt trails. I'll stay with them for as long as they are available.

And yes, they look nice on the bike.
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Originally Posted by Fredo76
I really like my Specialized Turbo Cottons, partly for the same reason, and I don't find their 28mm ones too squishy, at 80/85 psi. Picked a goathead out from one yesterday, too, and didn't have to fix the leak because I use sealant, and find it pretty effective.



1976 Fredo Speciale at the Rio Grande

As for low-key, tasteful and understated graphics, I love how Pearl Izumi made these logos digitally pre-faded:



Digitally "stone-washed" logos
Is that the bosque in Albuquerque?
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Originally Posted by Iride01

However my newest bike came with Specialized Turbo Cottons... possibly it was only Turbo Pro's and I've just forgotten. And they had hardly any puncture resistance. I got two or three rear flats on them in less than 300 miles. So they had to go.

Now I'm back to using GP5000's...

somewhat similar experience on the cottons, although the punctures came in clusters, maddeningly close together, from a mix of tiny pieces of glass and possibly a tiny bit of wire. the worst part was even a few rotations post-flat to get to a safe stop caused delamination too, making them very short lived.

i don’t find the graphics on the new 5000s at all obtrusive. very subtle (more subtle in real life than in this photo)


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Originally Posted by mtbikerjohn
Is that the bosque in Albuquerque?
No, thats about 60 miles north, on NM 502, between Pojoaque and Los Alamos. It was flowing full strength this summer while the bosque down in ABQ dried up, because they diverted so much to Texas.
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