Winter (or endurance) road tyres are definitely at the less glamorous end of the scale as far as test products go; they aren’t designed to be fast, light or aero, and it is tricky to get too excited about durability as a key characteristic.
However, roadside punctures on a cold, wet day are also not something which fills me with excitement either, so I try to avoid them as much as possible by using tyres less likely to suffer from punctures but which still have a nice feel to them on the road.
