Vittoria Open Corsa EVO CX - REPORT
What all the reviews say are true...this tire is AWESOME...
Same route, same turns every ride...and I've been noticing that my bike has been handling like cr@p over the last couple of weeks, front end drifting wide on every turn. So today I decided to do something about it and put a new front tire on - Vittoria's Open Corsa EVO CX tire, 700x23. I was going to go with a Pro Race 3...but, decided that I wanted Vittoria's tubular feeling 290 tpi instead of the 100 something with the PR3...I think I made the right choice!
I used to ride with good expensive tires (Conti's GP3000's) a long time ago...however, after getting so mad with too much flats I decided to just use cheap training tires. BAD MOVE! Even though this tire costed OVER $55 (w/ team discount at McCully), I now think it is totally worth it!!! (Caveat - front tire only, this will only see the back rim AFTER it's been well worn on the front...I still can't get myself to drop $50+ for a new back tire that will wear out super fast.)
With just the front, my bike now handles like my brother's Miata on R-comps! The turn in is sooooo good and fast now, especially this one off-camber turn that the foldable Seca handled decently well when new. But this CX is on a totally different level, the front end just turns right under you with tons of grip to spare...I even over turned on several of my usual turns, the performance is that good. I just really hope it wears well and the handling stays the same over the life of the tire - probably not though as I think most tires drop off once the middle starts getting sqared off...we'll see...
Also, like everyone says, it is really smooth riding. At the 100psi I usually use, I especially noticed that the supple front tire just eats up the sharper edged bumps, noticeably taking the edge off them compared to the Seca I had on there. I can only imagine how awesome one on the back would feel - must be super smooth...
About 225 grams...about average for racing tires, but not ultra light...
The only thing now is that I've been cleaning my front tire like every 10 minutes or so, when I even THINK I see glass...just making sure that it doesn't pick anything up...knock on wood!!!
Same route, same turns every ride...and I've been noticing that my bike has been handling like cr@p over the last couple of weeks, front end drifting wide on every turn. So today I decided to do something about it and put a new front tire on - Vittoria's Open Corsa EVO CX tire, 700x23. I was going to go with a Pro Race 3...but, decided that I wanted Vittoria's tubular feeling 290 tpi instead of the 100 something with the PR3...I think I made the right choice!
I used to ride with good expensive tires (Conti's GP3000's) a long time ago...however, after getting so mad with too much flats I decided to just use cheap training tires. BAD MOVE! Even though this tire costed OVER $55 (w/ team discount at McCully), I now think it is totally worth it!!! (Caveat - front tire only, this will only see the back rim AFTER it's been well worn on the front...I still can't get myself to drop $50+ for a new back tire that will wear out super fast.)
With just the front, my bike now handles like my brother's Miata on R-comps! The turn in is sooooo good and fast now, especially this one off-camber turn that the foldable Seca handled decently well when new. But this CX is on a totally different level, the front end just turns right under you with tons of grip to spare...I even over turned on several of my usual turns, the performance is that good. I just really hope it wears well and the handling stays the same over the life of the tire - probably not though as I think most tires drop off once the middle starts getting sqared off...we'll see...
Also, like everyone says, it is really smooth riding. At the 100psi I usually use, I especially noticed that the supple front tire just eats up the sharper edged bumps, noticeably taking the edge off them compared to the Seca I had on there. I can only imagine how awesome one on the back would feel - must be super smooth...
About 225 grams...about average for racing tires, but not ultra light...
The only thing now is that I've been cleaning my front tire like every 10 minutes or so, when I even THINK I see glass...just making sure that it doesn't pick anything up...knock on wood!!!
Labels: Bike Stuff Review, mycyclingpage, weight weenie stuff
posted by dancedream2002 @ 8:39 PM
1 Comments:
At 10:33 PM, January 12, 2009,
Anonymous said…
you gotta run latex tubes or else you're not getting the open tubular experience.
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