Quote Originally Posted by Marco View Post
Thanks Pete, I'm increasing my mileage quite steadily, although it's going to be a low total this week. Following my big rear wheel slide on slurry, on a narrow country road with a lorry coming the other way, I have ordered some winter tyres from one of the largest on-line retailers. I was tempted by their offer of collection points, only to find it didn't work after I'd paid. Consequently, I'll be staying in for a good part of the week!

Following Mr Breeze's mention, I have ordered the cheapest tyres available with Graphene, in 28mm width. Of course it didn't stop there; neither of the two pairs of existing wheels I had were wide enough, so I had to buy a training/touring/winter pair from the Japanese maker of fishing equipment. And the 6 inner tubes I have from the prestigious German tyre manufacturer were too narrow
When I muttered in my local dealer that I seemed to be spending a lot of money the response was "well, this is a bike shop".