It takes away too much of the pleasure. And, looking at the "rolling numbers" on the first link, it looks like i'll have to latex tubes for all my bikes 
Michelin Pro Race 2 are not a popular tire here, well not as a general training tire. most people find that they don't wear very well, mainly a they get a flat spot along the centre line fairly quickly which reduces their handling and cornering, plus they are a little to easy to puncture531Aussie said:In my opinion, unless you ride on particularly crappy roads most of the time, life is too short to ride on **** tyres
For the most part, riding harder compound tyres on decent roads is simply horrible, and, as I said life is too short to spend 80% of my riding time on yucky tyres.
Michelin Pro Race (or Pro Race 2) give reasonable wear and ride nicely
For other tyres, here are a couple of good lists to work through, inlcuding rolling resistance
http://www.biketechreview.com/tires/images/AFM_tire_testing_rev4.pdf
http://ddata.over-blog.com/xxxyyy/0/02/72/10/clincher-specs.html
That is very suprising in my experience. I have over 3500 miles on my current set of Pro Race 2 and have used them in the past for both my wife and my bikes for many years. I have only had one flat in all of my years. Regarding the wear in the center line, that occurs in the rear with most tires. I guess if the material was very hard it might not wear as much but the handling would be very poor.jcjordan said:
