Why These CHEAP Tyres Are The Only Ones You Should Ride

Where would be lithion 3 in this ranking? Does anyone know?

Dude, you miss tested maxxis criterium, Deli Aramid & Kenda Kountach. Those tire below $17.

Me: looks for a tough winter tire for my commuter bike
Also Me: realizes it came stock on my allez

THANKS to your recommendation l got the Schwalbe Lugano II for my race bike and THEY ARE GREAT SO FAR getting up to 20+mph on these is easy compared to what l had before DAY NIGHT DIFFERENCE !! l ll update on how it goes as l put some miles on them :)

Another great tyre in my opinion is the Spesh Roubaix Pro. I'm running the 2bliss version which sizes up around 33mm on my 17s. Pretty quick, great in the wet and respectable on light fire trails. Highly recommend! ✌️

for me, Vittoria Zaffiro is the best training tire. I've never flatted with them and I ride a lot...

Brilliant. Well done.

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I have the Schwalbe Lugano 2’svon all of my 700c road bikes, and love them, especially in tan wall. Absolutely agree with this video.

I hate to ask, but why didn't you throw one or two a higher-end tires on the machine for use as a control? I understand the importance of comparing them to one another, but I'd also love to see in concrete terms how this crop of budget tires hold up against (for example) a GP5000 S or a Vittoria Corsa G2.0.

I think it would lend more context to exactly what kind of value you're getting from the tires in this roundup.

Why didn't you use the Zaffiro Pro G2.0?

Ultrasport 3 Haven real tpi 60 no 180.

The best upgrade you can do for a bike: have a bmi of 20.5-21.9, lighter wheels, latex tube, and better tires. Every bike comes with cheap, crappy mountain tires that could be adding 20-30 extra watts of force into your commute.

I've been riding the "zaffiro pro g2.0" on my commuter throughout the seasons and I've had zero punctures or any issues of that kind. But the ride is not super supple and I don't think the grip is that great great in corners or wet conditions. I have the conti ultrasport on my road bike and definitely love the feeling on them, grippy and fast. no punctures either but I tend to ride the bike in good conditions only.

How many Lifeline branded samples?! Why the bias towards this brand for this article? 🤔

I knew the eagle sports were good when I got them. they feel fast and a good ride, very close to higher level tyres

I put a pair of Eagle Sport on last night, replacing my heavy and slow Marathons which I've had on for 6 months. Can't wait to test them out in a couple of hours!

Summary
Continental won.

I need a tire with strong side walls since the rim has a little too much wobble after all these years. I wonder if the Continental Ultra Sport III will do the job?

Maxxis Persuer...I've been hugely impressed by the quality and price of this tire!It's fast, has a great road feel and it holds up very well. impressive... I paid £ 12 here in Taiwan. Brilliant cheap tire.

Why specialized make such dog crap budget tyres is off putting. Especially considering their position in the market. I wouldn't buy their premium tyres for years because of my experience with the cheaper ones. Tyres such as the pathfinder pro for gravel and turbo tyres are outstanding.

Ultra 3 here. I am a believer in lots of talcom powder and good name brand tubes for puncture resistance

I wish i can find somewere test of S-works turbo Gripton 24c tire, not sure is it much better than mine Ultrasport 3 for racing speed.

80 kilo rider hahahahaha let's be real im 114 kilo rider and I'm on 23 with a psi between 100 -110 so I will take your choice with a pinch of salt and my normal ride speed from 15 - 40 kph

You should have tested the Continental Grandsport, which are cheap, provide a great ride and puncture protection.
Why test 3 Lifeline tyres?
Not an interesting or popular brand...

Michelin lithions and the pro4 are imo great tyres for the money. on my fast bike I have tufo very light clinchers with pu tubes. I don't punctures probably as I run high pressure and I tend to replace tyres before they get too worn out

Hey, with test rig like that you could give all tyres on the market a solid review ;)

continental ultra sport III is the best...

Would have been nice to compare these to a mid price tire.

Now do a mid tier or expensive tyres, that would be great

Michelin dynamic sport are just terrible, lack of grip and the puncture protection is weak.

I ride the Continentals, Michelins, and Zaffiro. All ride well for me. One noteable BIG difference is that the Zaffiro DRY ROT on the sideways within 1-1.5 years. I have ridden 3 generations of this tire, and the first two generations both dry rotted quickly. Generation 3 i have not had on the bike long enough to decide. My Zaffiro dry rotted before the tires were worn out. very inexpensive tires that ride well, but in my experience, do not last. check your sidewalls if you ride them for cracking. in defense of the Zaffiro, they are by far the least expensive tire to ride and cost half as much as the goodyears in this video. The michelins are cheap to buy also. Conti 3 have gone up in price recently. I preferred the Ultra sport gen 2 tire over the gen 3 tire. had a better feel to me.

Those are not cheap,..... BIG LIE

Hello, Thank you for doing these tests and posting the results which are very interesting and helpful.

What is the margin of error on the measurements? The fact that you give power levels to two decimal places implies that the power measurements are accurate to the order of ± 10 mW. Did you repeat the measurements, maybe with other samples of the same tyres, to get an estimate of the spread in the results?

And here I was thinking that my lifeline "race" tires were giving me a performance boost... 😢

I simple like doesn't do justice to the work you put into this video. I'm blown away.

Wanna share that here in mexico a brand named HUNTER sells the most durable of 700x28 tires and guess how much? $5.00 us dollars, yep a bit heavy but come on at that price and supper durable!!!

Yeah nah, sticking with GP4000 28mm

Thanks for the scientific testing. Very helpfully and quantitative results. That’s what I love about CW compared to gcn and others. Keep this great content coming..your tubeless sealant testing was a very informative video also. Thanks CW

i figured i would try Parelli P7 sport great tires put them on 2of my bikes

More Price points please

Conti ftw

I really appreciate the work that went into this video. Reasonably priced tires don't get the attention they deserve. I have some IRC Jetty Plus tires I love. Same for Continental Super Sport Plus, Bontrager AW1, and Continental Grand Prix (you know, the bottom rung member of the Grand Prix line). Never had a flat w any of these and never seen them tested anywhere either. Good on you for this test and I'm looking forward to more. Tread puncture resistance would be a really nice test to see too....

Puncture protection is my prime concern.

I'm on my 5th set of Continental Ultra Sport series tires. The centre tread is quite thick making this tire very puncture resistant - which is why I keep going back to them. Also, the rubber compound is simply amazing in all conditions, especially in the wet.

I have Conti UltraSport II on my commuter, love them to bits, comfy, fast rolling, good grip and after 4,500 miles about 50% worn and so far zero punctures despite my commute being country lanes with Hawthorne hedges and across a university campus with frequent broken bottles.

Non of these are tyres. More like garden hoses and it should be illegal to produce and sell these as tyres.

I use the Continental Ultra Sport that you tested.
They were such an upgrade when I first switched last autumn, but a spring and summer of riding has seen them worn out. I have punctured twice in the last month, simply because the rubber has been worn.
I would recommend them though