[M_Wales]

As you know I'm new here and it's been 20+ years since I last rode/owned a bike. Not sure what kind of miles are on the tires I have, I was thinking about getting another set as a back up.
The tires that came on my Team Raleigh/Ultegra bike are Michelin Pro3 Race Tires.

Are these good tires or should I look at something else?

What are you riding on?

Thanks

Mark

[Tedzo]

What kind of riding do you want to do? Since I want to do high miles with low hassles this Summer I got a set of Continental Gator Hardshell folders. If I would want more performance at the expense of more flat potential, I ride Vittoria Open Corsa Evos. If you like your Michelins, those are nice too.

[M_Wales]

Well looking to get into better shape and maybe try a little group riding, not wanting to do any racing.
The tires really ride nice and are very light.

[Industry_Hack]

I like Continental and Maxxis for performance, and Kenda for their prices. But I'm more about MTB tires than road.

[edit] I suppose it would pay to read up on thread count (TPI) and tire construction, which would make shopping easier.

[Last_Place_Pete]

I ride on Schwinn Puff High Pressure Road Racer's.... which we all know came OEM on my old gal. Hahaha

[LarryM]

Originally Posted by Industry_Hack

I like Continental and Maxxis for performance, and Kenda for their prices.

+1

In my experience, all 3 of those are pretty flat resistant, too.

My wife and I have had the touring versions of all three of those makes on our bikes.
Continental Travel Contacts
Maxxis Overdrives ,
and IIRC, the Kenda's were the Kenda Kwick Bitumen
Edit: or possibly an out of production Kenda model with a similar tread to the Kwick Bitumen.

[SprocketGirl]

i have used continental and maxxis prefer continental. i now have vittoria rubinos on my roadd bike and like them.
for everyday riding a lot of riders like hard case tires because they have a little more puncture resistance and wear well.
i am light and can ride most tires without problems
i have road the pro 3 s and they are nice. a fairly light tire, thus won't last like a gator skin. but they wore well for me.
when buying new tires i price shop a bunch....

[Industry_Hack]

Originally Posted by chibibike

I've been riding on these for about 2 months now

Your 100 miles in two months doesn't really help in evaluating them much.

[Weav]

I ride Hutchinson Fusion 3 Tubeless. It's a good tire. They also have it in clincher I believe. For more flat resistance they have the Hutchinson Intensive. Continental also makes some really good tires, like the GP4000s is a good high performance tire and the Gatorskin is really good if you like puncture resistance. I have always wanted to ride a Vittoria Open Corsa EVO CX 2 and see how a 320tpi tire rides but since I've gone tubeless I don't think I'll be doing that anytime soon.

[M_Wales]

I do like the ride I get from the PR3's, but I really have nothing to compare them to myself. I'm looking at Vittoria's open corsa's, Continental GP 4000 and 4000s along with the Schwalbe Ultremo ZX. But with the nice ride I get out of the PR3's I'm riding I may just grab another pair.

Have also thought about just getting a good training tire like the Vittoria Rubino Pro III Road Tire, Michelin Krylion Carbon Tire and Continental Gatorskin's.


Thanks everyone for your input and it all sure gave me a lot to read about.