Pirelli

These tires are worth every penny. Rode a 500 mile course, some gravel, mostly paved on a titanium bike. Best ride I've ever had. Went through rainy days, gravel roads and really hot days/pavement. They handled well in all circumstances.

This is one of several sets of Pirelli higher-end performance tires that I've purchased from BTD. Very happy with all of them: decent ride quality, excellent handling (although I don't ride in the wet, only if caught-out in a surprise shower, so can't speak to handling in the wet), and have not had a puncture with ANY of the Pirelli's that I've had. I've ridden several sets of Conti GP5K ST-Rs, and can say that these Pirellis are quite comparable in all respects to the Contis - both are high-quality tires. All of these have been used with tubes, either butyl or TPU, no tubeless here. I will say that the Pirellis are somewhat easier to mount than Contis in my experience. Tread service life seems OK, usually ~ 3K miles for both Conti and Pirelli. Subjective, of course, but ride quality / comfort seems a tad better with the Pirellis - last several sets have been 28/30 on my 2023 Canyon Aeroad CF SLX8.

I caught a nail... well that happens but with less than a week to go to Roth, Germany for the Challenge Roth I was convinced that an expensive store would be the only option to get the tire in time. Called Biketiresdirect... it was more wishful thinking than anything else. I told him what I need, he confirmed that it was the proper tire, that it was in stock and he could send it out right away so I should have it with time to install it. The price was about 30 bucks less than anywhere else I looked, so I ordered a pair, saved 60 bucks which is a nice dinner in Europe even by today's exchange rate. Oh, and I finished Roth, no punctures...

I put these on my Specialized Tarmac. I went with a size 30 and they just fit. So far so good. I have about a 100 miles on them They seem pretty soft so I don't know how many miles I get out of them, but I love the ride and the handling. BTW I'm indicating that I'm a daily commuter, but these tires are on my weekend road bike. I run a commuter tire on my daily commute bike; not these. I am not sure I would trust these to be very flat resistant