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Vittoria rubino pro kevlar bead.
Cheap, replaceable, light, durable, just about puncture proof for the first 1000+ miles. has a kevlar belt to prevent punctures. has a kevlar bead as opposed to wire bead for light weight. Also comes in an assortment of whatever flaming (or lack of flaming) color you want.

If I was doing a lot of gravel road- 28c gatorskin.

Rubino pro- A good "everything" tire

fwiw edit- also need to add. some comments were made about "training" vs "racing" bikes. I couldnt agree more. I have a specialized something or other. Ride it daily. Also have a BMC 950 gram frame as well.
Interesting thing is that I can't sprint worth a darn on the BMC. It sits in the garage like a classic ferrari as wall art. Love it- but I need several weeks of practice to re-learn how to pedal out of the saddle on it to make it work. WAAAAAYYY too much work. I ride the generic specialized instead. (This after riding 2 Fondriests for 10+ years)

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