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These Four Handmade Tires Make Your Ride Better!
CRITERIUM RS
It's hard to overstate how impressive this tire is. From the moment you open the box, you feel you're holding a handmade luxury item – but don't forget it's also a top-performer – The Criterium RS improves speed, grip and rolling resistance while stepping up our legendary supple road feel thanks to its handmade 350 TPI corespun cotton construction. Criterium RS is the culmination of our materials experience combined with a new SMARTprime rubber compound that is the new standard for performance road tires.
STRADA
Strada is a foundational part of our road lineup. It's the best tire for most riders, and remains one of our top sellers years after introduction. This classic profile with a fine file tread takes the sting out of rough pavement and provides excellent traction, maximum control and low rolling resistance.
STRADA BIANCA
The infamous road race in the hills of Tuscany prompted the design of a tougher, more versatile Strada. The Strada Bianca is suitable for poor pavement, packed dirt, dry gravel, or a mixture of all of these. It looks like our legendary Strada on the outside, but comes in bigger sizes (from 30 all the way to 45c) with the added puncture and sidewall protection of PPS2 and Silver (corazza) Armor on the inside. You may just discover that your go-to road tire is a 33 or 36c magic carpet ride that carries you all year long.
ELITE
The Elite is an affordable Handmade option that is great for year-round training, giving up very little performance to the Strada. Favored by many riders as a great training option or spare tubular, the slightly lower 260 TPI of the Super Polyester casing and the use of a butyl tube in the tubular type are cost-effective solutions that don't greatly diminish ride quality.
Mixed-Surface Road and Strada Bianca