Pirelli Cinturato Velo Road Bike Tire (Long Rides), Clincher Tubeless Ready, Confident Handle Vari Terrains & Worst Conditions, X-Puncture Protect,(1) Tire, Black or Classic Tan Sidewall / Vari Sizes

Fit on my road bike (La Pierre) which original came with 25s. No punctures to date, smooth install and smooth ride

I have had a lot of trouble mounting tubeless goodyear, schwalbe, and vittoria tires on my DT Swiss Road wheels. After the sidewalls failed on my vittorias I thought I should look at other "endurance" tires. I generally ride about 50 miles out and 50 miles back, so it is not a good thing to have a tire fail that far from home, and the vittorias failed spectacularly. In engineering we call it an "RUD". The good thing about the vittorias is I was using an insert, so I could ride home with a split sidewall, but inserts make the tires extremely difficult to mount and dismount.So I decided to go with the Pirelliis. At the same time, I am going to move up from 30 to 32 mm, which I am told is more comfortable for long distances and better on bad roads.--I amazed myself at how easily these mounted. (Hint: use a Tyre Glider.)They hold air better than I expected after the seal was set around the rim.Measured width of my 32 mm tires at 50 PSI is 31 mm.--Note that these tires do not seem to have a "mount this direction" indicator. I mounted so that the pointy parts of the markings on the "tread" faced the direction of travel so I can remind myself which way is forward. Theoretically this helps water move away from the tire on slightly damp surfaces, but who believes that?Given that these are slightly larger and heavier than the Vittorias, they might be slower, but since I am going to trust the durability of these, I am not using an insert, so I suppose it will be just as fast. I"ll let you know after I ride a few rides.

Not the fastest rolling tire but durable enough to handle the rough roads and some light gravel use pretty well. Running them in 700x35 on my cross bike for a fun summer tire.

So far very happy with the tires performance. I personally found it quite a bit more difficult to mount this tire compared with some others but once it's on have had no issues with punctures/flats. Good all season performance.

I purchased the Pirelli tires to go on Zipp 303 NSW clinchers. Putting them on the wheel was easy enough, but even after days of working the sealant around inside the tire, and even adding more sealant, the tires never sealed and lost about 20 - 40 lbs per day. I know it wasn't a wheel problem (like a leaky valve stem), because the next tires I tried (Schwalbe) sealed up after the first day of working the sealant around. Because they wouldn't seal up, I was going to return them. Except.... I couldn't get the Pirellis back off the wheels. I tried all sorts of ways, and worked it for a few days to try to break the tire bead away from the rim. I couldn't do it by hand, with tire irons, or with pliers - nothing was going to budge the bead away from the rim without potentially damaging the wheel. I eventually had to cut the tire off the rim, including cutting through the bead "wire". Only when the "wire" was cut did the tire release from the rim. So... I had to trash (and obviously couldn't return) two quite expensive tires. Maybe it's a problem of rim compatibility particular to the Zipps, but there's no way you could get these tires off these wheels and fix a flat if you had to, especially out on the road. Needless to say I never was able to see how they performed on the road. I've been able to get the Schwalbe tires off to fix a flat, no problem - one tire iron was all I needed.

So the first impressions of this product:Well packed, presentation is awesome and the tire is well protected.I will do this reviews in stages, as of now, I can only talk about installing them in the bicycle.Unpacked it and at first glance, the tires look really good, the compound used in the rubber feels like it will be sticky to the ground providing good grip.I installed the 700CX32 in a 21 mm rim, I installed them tubeless and added some Stans sealer. Tires went on the wheel relatively easy and I used an air compressor to inflate, no issues at all, the sides sealed perfectly from the get go!!Only disappointment right now is the company I purchased them from shipped them separately, and still waiting for the front one, but that has nothing to do with the tires.As of now, 5 stars are the rate, I might change that as I review these tires.

First purchase I was sent tubed tires and I didn't know the difference and installed them. Tire blew off of the rim, sealant everywhere. Tried again, thought I put too much air, same result. Went to local bike shop only to learn they were tubed tires, not tubeless. Please pay attn when shipping and I learned to make sure they are tubeless. Cost me money in sealant, and time more than anything, trying to clean mess in my room and going to local BS etc.

Overall, very good handling tires that have performed well and have resisted puncture for 3k miles...