Saturday, 20 October 2012

Tubeless bicycle road tyre availability, prices, & claimed weights

I've been searching for each and every tubeless bicycle road tyre that I'm aware of.

So far I've checked the following bicycle mailorder websites:
 - bike-components.de (bike-components)
 - bike24.com (bike24)
 - chainreactioncycles.com (CRC)
 - dotbike.com (dotbike)
 - evanscycles.com (evans)
 - sjscycles.co.uk (SJS)
 - stif.co.uk (stif)
 - wiggle.co.uk (wiggle)
 - winstanleysbikes.co.uk (winstanley)

Here are the results, as of today. In a nutshell, the choice is between three Hutchinsons, or wait until next year for Schwalbe.

All are black in colour, unless otherwise stated. Weights as claimed on the manufacturers website are in brackets. "Not listed anywhere" means not listed on any of the above mailorder websites.

Bontrager
 - http://bontrager.com/model/10991
 - http://bontrager.com/model/11383

R2 - 700x23 (280g) - Not listed anywhere

R2 - 700x25 (295g) - Not listed anywhere

R3 - 700x23 (265g) - Not listed anywhere

R3 - 700x25 (280g) - Not listed anywhere

Rumoured to have been manufactured by Hutchinson and now discontinued.

Hutchinson
 - http://www.hutchinsontires.com/en/catalogue.php?cat=route

Atom - 700x23 (270g)
 - 49.95 (~£41) @ bike-components.de (NB: delivery charges apply)
 - 49.90 (~£41) @ bike24
 - £51.05 @ SJS
 - £49.49 @ wiggle

Fusion 3 - 700x23 (290g)
 - 48.95 (~£40) @ bike-components.de (NB: delivery charges apply)
 - £39.59 @ CRC
 - £40.49 @ wiggle

Intensive - 700x25 (320g)
 - £44.49 @ wiggle

No sign of the rumoured Atom Galactic or Intensive 28c ("Top Speed"?) anywhere, even in the hutchinsontires.com catalogue.

 ...updated 01/11/2012: I just took delivery of a pair of 700x23 Fusion 3s, and they actually weigh (surprise surprise) more - 305.5g and 317.5g - so that's 623g for the pair, 311.5g average.   

IRC
 - http://www.irc-tire.com/en/bc/products/road_tl/

Formula Pro Tubeless Light - 700x23 (240g) - Not listed anywhere

Formula Pro Tubeless RBCC - 700x23 grey/red (290g) - Not listed anywhere

Formula Pro Tubeless X-Guard - 700x23 (310g) - Not listed anywhere

Roadlite Tubeless - 700x23 black/red/white (310g) - Not listed anywhere

Available in Japan, these seem to be about twice the price of Hutchinson/Schwalbe product.

Kenda
 - http://www.kendatire.com/en/home/bicycle/road.aspx

Rumoured to be thinking about getting into tubeless bicycle road tyres, but doesn't appear to have announced any products yet.

Maxxis
 - http://www.maxxis.com/Bicycle/Road-Racing/Padrone.aspx

Padrone - 700x23 (300g) - Not listed anywhere

Schwalbe
 - http://www.schwalbe.com/gbl/en/presse/rollstuhl/index.php5?gesamt=292&ID_Sprache=2
 - http://www.schwalbe.com/gbl/en/produkte/race/produkt/?ID_Produktgruppe=46&ID_Produkt=245

Ultremo ZX Tubeless - 700x23 (295g)
 - 39.95 @ bike-components.de

NB:
 - bike-components.de currently has no stock, states "delivery status: delivery period approx. 20 days or more", and applies delivery surcharges for the UK
 - Although Schwalbe has stated that this tyre is "available now" and released samples to the media for testing earlier this year, both schwalbe.co.uk and schwalbe.com have since confirmed that it won't go on sale until 2013

 ...updated 30/01/2013: apparently the tubeless Ultremo ZX will not now be available until "spring" 2013 - http://www.bikeradar.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=12900079

Specialized
 - http://www.specialized.com/au/gb/ftb/road-tires/endurance-road-tires/roubaix-road-tubeless

Roubaix Road Tubeless - 700x23/25 (23mm tread, 25mm casing; no weight claimed) - Not listed anywhere

Rumoured to be manufactured by Hutchinson.

WTB
 - http://www.wtb.com/products/tires/

Rumoured to be thinking about getting into tubeless bicycle road tyres, but doesn't appear to have announced any products yet.

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