The Vittora Pave EVO CG Tubularare the best road bike tires. They are truly the only tires that can outstand any road or weather condition. They are very resilient, strong and long-lasting tires. Vittoria, an Italian tire company, sponsors several UCI Pro Tour, UCI Professional, UCI Continental and National Federation teams, most notably Lampre-ISD and Rabobank.

The true test of this tire is the Paris-Roubaix and the Tour of Flanders. It proves itself every year in these cobbled classics and is undoubtedly the world’s strongest racing tubular tire. There are traces of the Italian colors (duh, this is an Italian company!), as the tread is green and there are red and white accents on the sidewalls.

The tire itself is handmade with Corespun K 320 TPI casing and a blend of Polycotton and Kevlar threads. The Kevlar 3D compound also includes silica to improve wet weather grip, houses a durable latex inner tube protected by a PRB (puncture resistant belt). The 320TPI casing is the highest thread per inch count on any tubular tire. (Other than their Corsa Evo CX, which also has 320 threads per inch). This tightly threaded tire casing, in combination with the puncture resistant belt, is what makes the Vittoria Pave Evo CG Tubular tires the best road bike tires in the world. You can run over cobbles, gravel, broken road or broken glass with a very slim change of causing a flat. The silica added to the Kevlar compound means that you can ride through the rain, sleet or snow without worry about slipping around on the road.

The tires come in two sizes, a 700 by 24 or a 700 by 27. They need to be of this size because they need the extra road connection to work as they were designed to. The 24c will fit on any bike without rubbing on brake calipers, forks, stays or any other items that might seem to get in the way. If you really feel like you want the best road bikes tires period, you need the 27c tires. You may need to make some adjustments on your bike, but we feel like the trouble is definitely worth it.

Each tire weighs about 306 grams. These aren’t carbon tubular tires, so they aren’t as light as carbon tubular tires. In fact, they might not be the lightest tires of any category (The Corsa Evo weigh a little over 30 grams more than the Pave Evos). But that is not why you buy this tire. You buy this tire because it can really handle anything you put it on or put it through. It has an estimated tread life of 4000+ miles. So, besides just being ultra-puncture resistant, providing excellent grip and great performance in all weather conditions, it also will last you a very long time. These are the tried and true racing tubular tires that are preferred by most pro racers in early-season (cobbled road specific) races. If you’re looking for the best road bike tires, congratulations, you’ve found them.

The Vittora Pave EVO CG Tubular is made by Vittoria in Thialand. No longer produced in Italy, but do the same standards of old.