Ritchey Speedmax Folding Cross Tire

Price Paid:  $26.00 at I forgot

Bike Setup:
Salsa CX bike as a mixed conditions, endurance bike.

Summary:
I bought the Ritchey Speedmax Pro 32 for use on roads, rough pavement and dirty roads. These have great rolling resistance and take a lot of the bump out of bad roads. I am mighty impressed with their grip and wear.

Strengths:
Great rolling resistance, good wear, versitile

Weaknesses:
wet pavement

Similar Products Used:
Michelin Cyclocross Jet

Price Paid:  $25.00 at Can't remember

Favorite Ride:
Anywhere

Bike Setup:
Airborne Carpe Diem cross bike with Ultegra drive.

Summary:
I have the 700x40 size. Non folding. Great tire. Bought these tires several years ago, but didn't use them because I didn't thing that they would work well on gravel roads. Thought that I needed more knobs. Boy was I wrong. These tires are wonderful for the combination of paved and gravel roads that I ride on. Far better than the knobbier tires that I was using before. Pretty smooth rolling on pavement and quite sure footed on gravel. It is the fact that they were better on gravel than the knobby tires that surprised me. Highly recommended.

Strengths:
Smooth rolling on pavement for a cross tire. Very good on gravel roads. Very stable.

Weaknesses:
None so far.

Similar Products Used:
WTB and Kenda cross tires.

Price Paid:  $25.00 at Houston Bicycle Comp

Favorite Ride:
Goody dirty ride

Summary:
Follow up, getting close to 5,000 on one tire 3,500-4,000 on the other and ridden in mixed conditions. They are awesome between all these miles I can count the # flats on one hand I have had overall. Virtually no tread wear so far.

Strengths:
Just about everything.

Weaknesses:
wet pavement and cornering.

Price Paid:  $25.00 at Houston Bicycle Comp

Favorite Ride:
All

Summary:
Really have enjoyed these tires for 3,000 plus miles they are tough tread seems to last forever. Have had only 2 flats on them both were some real nasty nail large nails. Had to replace front tire at 2,000 when a chunk of the tire went missing on the sidewall larger than a pencil eraser exposing the tube, but they got me home w/o a flat. Get a little nervous on fast conering on pavement with these puppies when I hear the knobbies.

Strengths:
Seems really tough, pretty comfortable ride. Long lasting. Price

Weaknesses:
Mud

Similar Products Used:
Kenda Cross

Price Paid:  $30.00 at some guy on ebay

Favorite Ride:
I said anywhere without cars

Bike Setup:
Steel is real.

Summary:
I've used these to satisfy by cyclocrossing tendencies on my old road bike. They are fast rollers on pavement and have good traction straight and through corners off-road. They are an easy install and take high enough pressures to not slow your road riding

Strengths:
The price shown is for a pair. So they don't cost a lot. These are very surefooted on wet or dry grass an hard pack. No cross tire's much good in sand, these are as good as they'll get. The flat center section rolls well on pavement and these things are the bomb for gravel and shell roads. For a course without a lot of mud these will race for you and can take you anywhere a road or cross bike belongs.

Weaknesses:
These don't work all that well in mud, so if you race where that's an issue have another wheelset. The knobs along the side of the tread that work so well off road will be a bit squirmy during fast cornering on pavement. This is true of any cross tire with this type of design. The tire wears faster than a regular road tire as expected.

Similar Products Used:
No other clincher cross tires, but all sorts of road and MTB tires. No good comparisons though