Ultra Sport III - 700x25

I try and get 20-40 miles a week at roughly 20 miles per ride. My adv pace is 16-20 mph for about an hour. Pure pavement with 3 miles inclines and 3 mile descents that I adv 30 mph coming down and 12-16mph going up. I’m 6’2 and weight 230. I tell you all this so that my review can be associated with my style etc. I have approximately 40 miles on these tires and they are nice and supple grip very well and roll semi fast. I’ve never had any of the super expensive tires, but based off what Performance I’ve gotten so far out of these tires. I’m happy with the purchase feel their well-made and fit my style perfect. For the price, I think this is a great tire and would recommend it.

This seems like a good light tire; it seemed noticeably faster on a 40 mile ride yesterday. I'm a casual rec rider with a flatbar road bike and was using heavier 28mm tires for my first olympic distance aquabike (20 mile ride after a 1500 meter swim) last fall. I was hoping to go a little faster/lighter on my upcoming second one in May, without putting too much money into it, and was happy with them on my first ride. I'm glad I read the other reviews; the tires are tight enough that I might have wondered if I had somehow ordered the wrong size!!! If you are having trouble getting them on, don't pull out the screwdriver like the one guy said! If you've only changed 4 or 5 tires in your life and aren't particularly strong, they are tight enough that I wouldn't be shocked if you needed take them to the local bike store for help. At the same time, I'm over 60 and actually managed to get the second one on using just my hands. But I have good technique. (Not sure who showed me this trick but sit and hold the wheel flat in your lap, with the first easy part near your belly and then work away from you, so that -- for that last seemingly impossible bit -- you can extend your arms, curl your fingers over the tire and rim, and roll the last little bit of tire over the rim with the heels of both hands at once. Once you get the hang of it, you'll never do it another way, although tire irons are still sometimes needed. If you do need tire irons -- I did for the first one -- it is conceivable that you'd snap a very thin light one.) It seemed to me that -- probably since the tire came folded up in a bo -- the bead stretched out a tiny bit with time, making it easier to get on if you are patient. More thinking, less muscle. Stretch the tire 95% of the way on --- to that point where the bead is stretched incredibly tight and you think there is "no way" it will go--- and leave it that way for a minute or two, stretched very tight. This seemed to loosen up a bit. During that pause, I was considering taking it off, using spit on the rim of the wheel and the tire edge, to see if that would allow the sticky rubber to slip over the edge of the rim more easily, without tearing the rubber a little. But it turned out that that pause to consider that idea seemed to help the tire stretch out a tiny little and I got it on, first time using a tire iron to help, the second tire using bare hands. It's certainly might be the morst most difficult tire that I've ever put on -- or a close tie with one or two others. It was good to know from other reviews that others had trouble getting them on; this let me know that I wasn't crazy, and that it would eventually go on. Normally I can change a tire in a minute or two, and this one definitely took at least another minute or two.

Almost always I buy these Continental Sport tires. Usually I ride between 4k to 6k miles per year and they last the whole year, here in central Florida.

These are folding tires, but are as hard to mount on my Mavic Elite wheels a wire bead tires if not harder. I had to clamp the wheel to my workbench with 3 tire irons & clamps $ and the use 2 more tire irons to get these tires to mount on the rims! I doubt I'll be able to change a flat out on a bike ride & will have to rely on AAA te rescue me!

RIMS: Reynolds AR5bx Carbon wheelset, 700c, 58mm with an internal width of 19mm and external width of 28mm.I am reviewing the 25mm Ultra Sport III vs my the Vittoria Zaffiro Pro G2.0 - both of which are used with tubes and inflated 80-85 psiDURABILITYIn the first 500km (300 miles) they have fewer chips in the tread from road debris than the Zaffiro normally would at this point and seem to have very little wear on the tread. I usually get over 3000km from a set of training Zaffiro's - which by comparison, look a little more worn at this point than the Ultra SportsPERFORMANCEThe Ultra Sports have a good feel for the road and have less rolling resistance than the Zaffiro. The tread pattern appear to give more grip than the Zaffiro's.

Great tires for cycling enthusiasts. Easy to install and the price is good.

My go to tires! The only tires I buy. I have these on several bikes. Performance and price are perfect. They ride smooth with a good grip. Will definitely buy again

Performance wise they are currently backups ready when needed.