Vittoria Townee Road Bike Tire – Hybrid Bicycle Tires for Casual Riding Commuting & Courier Work

Fantastic tires for an unbeatable price! Replaced my knobbies for these and absolutely transformed my old 26” hardtail. Smooth as butter on pavement, less rolling resistance, and way easier to hit top speed than traditional MTB tires. Easy to install as well. Pair it with some good tubes and rim tape and you’ll be good to go!

I commute to work on my mountain bike and these tires have work great. Good traction and durability on rough pavement and dirty bike lanes. I don’t have a lot of miles on these tire so we will see how they hold up in the long run but at this point I would buy another set when replacement is needed.

Each comes folded up in a rectangular package. They do not spring out to normal, expected shape when the bands are cut. The trick to installing is to install the inner tube at just the right pressure. There are markings on both sides of the tire as to direction of rolling. They contradict each other! Funny. I'm not sure it would really matter. Tires run very nicely; very quietly. I gave the bike away within two weeks of installing, so I have no other information.

I switched from thicker heavier hybrid tires and these slicks roll super smooth and fast on asphalt and cement sidewalks. One reason is due to the higher max air pressure. With my old tires, I would over exert myself on a 30 minute ride sometimes being light headed at the end. I noticed with these tires, I’m feeling great at the end of the same 30 minute ride. When you first install them, it can be kind of frustrating though. I guess like any similar type of tire, it doesn’t hold the normal shape and doesn’t want to stay on the rim until you fill the tube with air. I had to replace the tube recently and installation was easy since the tire is holding the proper form.

Great for the price, they have been on my bike for about two years and are holding up great.

Overall these are decent tires. With a few Caveats...they seem kind of narrow for 1.75" but ride well. They are very fast, quiet, easy rolling tires with a very nice profile for bombing around corners...when they have actual air pressure inside, which is hit or miss. These tires puncture incredibly easily. They aren't very durable, and not particularly light in exchange for that lack of substance. Traction is good, wet traction, it's OK, not terrible, nothing special, just can't get over the puncture frequency. Maybe offer this in a 2.1'' with a Kevlar belt, it's just kind of underwhelming on stiffness and durability for an MRB or Commuter tire.

Great fit on a 26” wheel. I like the directional tread. I have only done a handful of rides so far but a large stretch of them is gravel and the tire feels stable. The PSI is much lower than tires of this in the past with the newer technology. For me 45 PSI seems to be a sweet spot for comfort and lower rolling resistance. They are quiet on the road.

Worked fine

コスパ良し。ドライでも静かで転がり抵抗少なめ。前買った物も、ホイールにつけ外ししたりしているが、問題ない。

Purchased 2x 26x1.75 about 8 months ago (Purchase price 1800yen per piece). I've did about 4000km on a ebike. A lot of reviews mention it's fairly heavy with high rolling resistance. In my experience it's fairly light with very good rolling resistance (don't over or underinflate them) but puncture resistance is little lower it seems (particularly in the middle). While ridding on the beach I got glass piece stuck right in the middle of rear tire and puncture it so I got flat. It surprised me as the glass piece wasn't sharp at all and I haven't got flat tire due to glass probably in 20 years, if ever. Compound is pretty soft and it grips very well in both wet and dry. It doesn't wear too much though which is good. Overall I think it's perfectly balanced tire for city and light offroad riding as long as the price is 1800-2000yen per piece.

安定のVittoriaです。

パナレーサーのハイロード26x1.5から交換しました。ハイロードはサイドスキンの経年劣化が早く寿命1年、に辟易していた私には期待の乗り換え先。 ●規格 自転車タイヤはWOとHE規格あり。26X1.5はHE規格品。同じ「26インチ自転車」といってもWOとHEで直径が違う（WO＞HE）ので互換性は全くありません。 26インチのママチャリの多くは26x1 3/8表記でWO規格なのでこれは合いません。リム刻印をみてまちがえないように ●サイズ ハイロードと同じサイズ表記なのに、これは幅太くてエアボリュームが大きい。見た目も重さもゴツい。特に縦方向の高さがエグい。ドロヨケをつけると干渉しそうになった。 ●折りたたみ フォールディング（＝折りたたんでコンパクト）なタイヤなので小さく持ち運びやすいです。きちんと組み込んでエアを入れたら折癖は出ずきちんと真円でした。 組み込み時の注意あり。普通のタイヤなら一周ビードをはめたら終わり。だが、このタイヤはエアを入れるまでは折り癖が残ってるせいで、一周はめ終えたとき、すでにはめたはずの変なところでビードがリムから外れてることがよくあり。エアを入れる前に確認必須！ ビードは柔らかめ。外周はリムより大きめではめやすい部類です。 ※ハイロードの特殊な柔らかさに慣れてしまうとこれは硬く感じるが。 ビードの硬さではなく、チューブ内圧でビードを張ってリムに固定する感じです。なのでエア圧が落ちるとグニャって気持ち悪い操縦性になり、パンクするとあっけなくリムから外れてしまうものです。 パンクした自転車をふらふら漕いで自転車屋まで乗って走る、なんてのをやると危険です。 ●デザイン 幅広くサイドウオールが分厚い黒タイヤに大きな白レター。ハイロードよりタイヤの高さがあり存在感が出ます。 例えば四輪で、扁平率の高いオフロードタイヤにサイド文字を白マーカーで塗るのが「カッコいい」と思う人には、このデザインに同種の「カッコよさ」を感じるかも。 タイヤはデザイン主張しなくていい、な人には、この大きな白レターは気恥ずかしいくらい。すききらい分かれそう。私は嫌い。 ●スピュー スピュー（＝通称ヒゲ）がサイドから出てて1cm以上と長いのでリムブレーキやらフレームの狭いところに当たりまくり僅かに音が出ます。 スピューが付いてるタイヤを一律にネガティブに非難する人も多いけど、製造上必ず発生するものを、メーカーがひと手間（つまりコスト）かけて切るかどうかの話。 スピューは走行に悪影響はないし、気になるなら自分で切れば終わりですよ。切らない分安いならそれでいいと思う ●漕ぎ心地 ハイロードと比べると加速はかなり重い。てかハイロードが軽すぎるので勝負にならず。 一旦速度を乗せてしまえば快適です。フライホイール効果ですね。 ●乗り心地 硬いです。サイドウオールが厚くて硬いせい。 ●グリップ 新品時はプア。ゴム質が硬いためか、ハンドルをきったりバンクさせるとキュキュ音が盛大で滑ってる感覚。積極的にバンクさせて曲げる乗り方は怖くてできないほど。一皮むけたら変わるのかもしれないが

Vittoriaは以前から使っているメーカー！ 安心してのリピーターです。 長距離走にはパンクはつきもの、安心して、長く使えるののが鍵！