HutchinsonIntensive Tubeless 2 Road Tire(Return to Product Page)

As a 200 lb rider I normally get 1,500 miles at the most with a Continental 4000S with the black chili compound. On the Intensive I got 3,000 miles. This in spite of on the first ride catching the edge of a chuckhole and patching the sidewall using the Hutchinson road tubeless patch kit. A couple of maonth later another hole developed even higher on the sidewall, in the same spot which appeared to be coincidence. I patched it also and both patches held for the duration. I normally use sealant but I was in a hurry to install the tire so I don't know if Stan's would have sealed the hole. I would rather patch it anyway. No problem removing and reinstalling the tire on the road.

I've been using this tire for a few months now and my rear is almost worn down to the casing, yet I haven't flatted. I also hit huge angular potholes on two different occassions that I would have expected to blow out the front tire yet it worked without fail. These are great tires and well worth the price. Only negative is that they aren't any wider than the 23mm Fusion 2 model.

This is my 1 winter training tire. Used tubeless, with sealant, I do not get flats anymore, and when conditions are bad with road trash and gravel and pushy drivers, these hold up. Using 95psi under my 170, very comfortable and sure footed in the wet. Get 'em on sale when you can find 'em.

If you can get through the hassle of mounting these babies (and happen to have a pair of tubeless rims), you couldn't ask for a sweeter ride! I'm a big guy (200 lbs) and have ridden these tires almost exclusively for the past couple of years with very very few flats (rainy Oregon). I love the way they sound and the way they ride. Tip...get the removable core valve stems, the syringe with the attachment to inject the Stan's Tire Sealant AFTER mounting...it saves a mess. Also, it's nice to have a friend with an air compressor as that first mount is a bear to get the tire to seat in the rim and a good blast of air helps. Get them all set up and mounted with the Stan's in there and then take them to your friendly bike shop for this phase. You will love the ride.

This is my first try with tubeless road tires and I love them. I was on my first group ride and coming out of the park I hit a pothole, POP........but no problem. The tire apparently self sealed and was fine for the 55 mile ride. With the bad roads around Maryland, these seem like just the right tire. I am an endurance rider rather than a racer, so the ride is nice and handling is good, at around 15-17 mph which is what I ride. Hope to log many miles on them.

I switched to these because the Schwalbe tires I was using were a little too much of a high-end performance tire and I was starting to puncture a lot. So far so good. I noticed the lesser ride quality at first but not anymore. They have very few of those tiny cuts that happen and I've not punctured in about 7 months. These tires are listed at 25mm width and they are absolutely not. They were actually slightly narrower than the 23mm tires that they replaced. If you want an even wider tire I really like the Secteur or whatever they are calling it now (I think they changed the name).

Great all around tubeless tires. I have ridden these about 500 miles and no flats thus far, highly recommended. These are a little heavier then some of the other Hutchinson options, but a nice smooth ride with the 25mm width. A great tubeless tire for the money.

I used Hutchinson Fusion tubeless for about a year getting roughly 1500 miles out of a rear tire and 2000 from a front. After switching to Hutchinson Intensive tubeless I now am getting 5000 miles on a front tire and 2500 from a rear tire. I use them with an ounce of Stan's No Tubes sealant. Pinch flats don't happen and last weekend 80 miles into a century ride I got the tell tail hiss of a puncture. I stopped and pulled out a thorn. The hissing stopped within seconds. I had no trouble finishing the last 20 miles with no added air. Checking at the end, I had lost less than 20 PSI and the leak was completely stopped. I run these on a 2008 Madone with Shimano Dura Ace tubeless compatible wheels.

The 700 by 25's are closer to 700 by 23's. The side walls on these tires are excellent. I had no flats for over 1,000 miles on my rear and front tires. I just changed the back tire, because it was getting a flat spot, but again no flats. I added some sealant after a few months of use thinking that it must have evaporated, but found when I removed the sealant that most of it was still in the tire. I reused the sealant on the new rear tire.

I am really pleased with how nice these tires feel while riding. Tubeless road tires are a bit techy, but if you are willing to take the time to get them set up, they ride really well and so far no flats. I can also say I do not miss tubes. Usually when I start to get flats, I have two or three before I change the tire. Over a year, I wind up with 15 or 20 bad tubes.