Pirelli

Pirelli made bicycle tyres for most of the twentieth century, stopped, and then came back to it in 2017 with the compound knowledge of a company that had spent the intervening decades in motorsport. The names are borrowed from the car side. P Zero is the racing tyre. Cinturato is the one built to survive the road you actually ride on.

The Cinturato covers road and gravel. On gravel the M and the H differ by tread, M for mixed surfaces and H for harder packed ground, and the choice matters more than the casing does. The P Zero Race is the fast one, for dry roads and the days you are trying.

The SmarTUBE is worth a look if you have never used a TPU inner tube. It weighs a fraction of butyl, packs down to roughly the size of a plum, and makes a far easier spare to carry than the one currently squashed in your saddle bag.

Tyres Inner Tubes Puncture Repair

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