Silca

I have been using my Silca Elettrico Ultimate pump for a month now and find it quite easy to use. I set my pressures after checking my tire pressure calculator app, then punch in the pressure, and pump it up! I also bring it to my rides/races incase I need to make an adjustment. Only thing is, some of my presta valves are plugged up and the pump will shut off when it reads a high pressure. It's slightly annoying, but those valves need to be replaced.

This tire is almost everything it says it is. Excellent grip, excellent speed, excellent durability. The only thing that kind of irks me is that silca says it'd measure exactly as it is on a 25mm internal width, however mine measures 1mm wider even after 24 hours of installation. I run it tubeless and it works well. May pick up the 29mm next time to save some weight.

Personally, for me (a rather mid MAMIL), the big sell on the RCRs is weather the carbon bead lives up to Silca's hype about being easy to mount. I have't had much trouble with my gravel tire/wheel combos, but I've never been able to get a tire mounted on my road wheels (Enve SES 4.5) with out insane amounts of effort, cajoling, cursing, and, occasionally, blood. I've mounted (or tried to mount) Contis, Pirellis, Vittorias, even Enve's own (garbage) tires.

So I bit the bullet picked up a pair of the RCRs and put them to the test. True to Silca's word, they've been the only tire I've been able to mount on these rims my without a tire lever. They were tight, but manageable.

Took 'em out of for a shake out ride and they felt pretty good.

They didn't feel as lush as the Vittoria Corsa Pros, but if you blacked out the branding I wouldn't be able to tell the difference between these and Conti GP5000s. Not saying there isn't one, just none that a punter like me could immediately notice. Given that they lived up to Silca's hype about being so easy to mount, if they prove to have an acceptable level of puncture resistance and durability, the RCRs might just be my new go-to tire even if it means giving up a couple of watts.

We'll see what the long-term review looks like, but at this point I'm sold.

I've now lived with this pump for 8 months or so, and I love it. I'm a road rider. 32 mm tires and TPU tubes. I inflate to 55 (front) and 58 (rear). This pump is dead-on with respect to pressure readings and cutoff.

Two things:

I'm using this primarily top-off pressure every couple of days. Silca explicitly warns against starting this pump while attaching it to anything other than a deflated tire or tube. So if you're trying to top-off a tire, you're trying to connect the running pump which is . . . awkward. I ended up converting to Clik valves, and the combination of the pump and valves is awesome. You start the pump, push it down on the Clik valve, and in typically under 5 seconds you have perfect tire pressure.

Secondly, I had been using an ultra-minimalist flat bag. This pump didn't fit in that bag even after removing my CO2 cartridge and inflator. I ended up buying the Silca Mattone Seat Pack which has plenty of room for the pump, a couple of TPU tubes, mini-tool, patches, etc. The BOA closure system means it's fast and easy to open, and the contents are snug and rattle-free upon closure. I've now ditched the mini frame pump I used as a backup to CO2 cartridges, and I carry the pump's hose in case I need to help someone that does not have Clik valves.