Pirrelli Throws Down the Gauntlet: Pretty Fast and VERY Durable Gravel/All-Road Tire

I’ve been selling these for about 2 months, after looking for the ‘do it all’ tubeless tyre option for 3 years! The Schwalbe Pro One sticks to the road like glue, but slices easily which isn’t ideal for our Scottish roads. The Vittoria Corsa Speed is amazingly fast but disintegrates if you use it on anything but race day on good roads. Maxxis Padrone, bombproof but hard compound, terrible in the wet.

The Goodyear Eagle came close but was a bit draggy…

The Pirelli Cinturato appears to be ‘the one’… Fits relatively easily, inflates well, grips well, rolls nicely and I’ve not had a single customer back yet with a puncture. Seems a brilliant road tubeless tyre!

Scottish ‘gravel’ riding requires something more gnarly though, so I still dig the Panaracer GravelKing SK 38mm’s for that.

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