Tire Recommendation

Are these your race wheels or are you going to train on them?  For an everyday tire, I love the Continental GP4000s tires.  Decent tire and haven't had any issues with cuts or punctures in the 1000 miles that I have on them.

X3 on the GP4000s. 

Something you should know about Gatorskins.  You could run the GP4000s and get a flat and still ride an overall faster race than not flatting on the Gatorskins. They are that much slower.  I am not exagerating.

Learn to change a flat in 5 minutes and run fast tires. The Gatorskins are fine for training but they don't ride all that nice and you also don't get nearly as much practice changing flats. This is important. Seriously. Embrace flat tires in training.

The 4000s are as far as I would want to go towards the durability side of the equation.  Even for a slightly heavier long course athlete.

Just get new ones to race on and this will add some more flat protection.

I second this...just put on 2 new conti's myself.  But man are they ever a biotch to get on!  I'm glad I hardly ever flat with these tires.  It would take me like 20 mins to change one!

X3

First tire change was from the knobbies that came on my cross bike to some GP4000s. I was starting to wonder if I got a size too small - they were that much fun to get on.

Not quite 100 miles on them yet, but loving them so far.

I also use conti gp4000s for training and racing.  I'm not convinced they are the fastest, but I got a very good deal on 4 tires I couldn't pass up.

But don't forget the latex tubes for racing.

I bought Strikes a few months ago and put the GP4000S on them. I train on them and plan to race them as well. I figured if I was going to drop a grand on a set of wheels, I wanted some that were durable enough to ride more than three or four times a year - maybe I need to race more :-)

Anyway, no issues yet with the Conti's. They're grrrrrrrreat!