Arriving at road.cc in 2017 via 220 Triathlon Magazine, Jack dipped his toe in most jobs on the site and over at eBikeTips before being named the new editor of road.cc in 2020, much to his surprise. His cycling life began during his students days, when he cobbled together a few hundred quid off the back of a hard winter selling hats (long story) and bought his first road bike - a Trek 1.1 that was quickly relegated to winter steed, before it was sadly pinched a few years later. Creatively replacing it with a Trek 1.2, Jack mostly rides this bike around local cycle paths nowadays, but when he wants to get the racer out and be competitive his preferred events are time trials, sportives, triathlons and pogo sticking - the latter being another long story.
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Weird, I was just asking about this on the forum. The general consensus was they don't feel good, may be worth it if you are only winter commuting. New compounds not new tread patterns is what's needed.
It is possible that the same compound performs differently as a larger width of tyre though?
I have no evidence of this, it is just a thought
Tread, why? Not needed.
That was my thought. Though I did read something the other day about tread affecting aerodynamics, rather than grip.
From the look of the photos it seems the tread is not on the road-facing side of the tyre but inside facing the rim... perhaps creating an extra cushioning area?
The other way to interpret that photo is that the tread is only on the side wall, which would then make it purely for aerodynamic reasons.
Could be useful although I did try this kind of a tyre a few years ago and they're a bugger to get on and not so comfortable but after about 8 punctures this winter worth a look. I saw some other English company (can't remember their name) had something similar at the Bike show last year.
Try these https://www.schwalbetires.com/bike_tires/racing_tires/durano_plus
I'm on my second set and have not had a puncture in the last 15,000km of daily commuting since using them