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Repop tyre quandary

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dinglem:
Alright all,

Just been sat here thinking this over, as I have recently been looking at building 3 longer frames for me to actually be able to comfortably ride. One is finished, but I still have a Pro and a Cruiser to complete.

The finished one is my WHEELS Pro, which as many of you know I used for the London to Brighton charity bike ride.

I fully intended using the pair of super-rare skinny Carlisle Aggressor tyres I had, before I pumped them up and they failed on the second day. Ruined. I have already posted pictures of this on my WHEELS thread. In the end I opted to fit brand new, modern skinny road tyres for that ride, as I wasn't too bothered how the bike looked, and even then I still had 3(!) punctures en route. Had the Aggressors survived to the start of that ride I am now seriously doubting they would have lasted until the end.

My question is this.... Should I be considering brand new repop tyres for these builds as I fully intend using them as rider bikes when complete? I am not too sure it would be wise for me to spend billions on OG era-correct tyres only for them to potentially fail on me on the road. I'm not going to be doing anything too out there on the bikes, just use them regularly.

Have any of you gone through the same thought process, and if so what suitable repop tyres are available at the minute (all are '83-'84)? I am not really a repop guy at all I have to say, but this seems to make a lot of sense.

Tel-boy75:
I use the reissue Tioga Comp III on all of my bikes. No problem riding around on them and they look right. My bikes are all race bikes though, no idea what reissue tyres are out there for freestyle.

Retrodan72:
Jono - Comp Pools.  :daumenhoch:

Monk_Wally_Honk:
I'm using Kenda K-Rad tyres on my cruiser. Look OK (Skinwall) and ride perfectly on the road. I'd buy them again. Also Tioga re-pop the Comp 3 which looks pretty good.

griff:
just out of interest Martin - what PSI were you running on them?

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