No flats yet, good for multi-road surfaces. Not a racer or time trialer so can't be of help there.

A bit heavy, but I'm not a slave to cutting every oz. I can as cost saving is an issue

Bought at a Bi annual LBS "garage sale" for the un-bike friendly paved roads in West Bexar County and Medina County. a bit Clumsier than the Bontrager tires I replaced as I became quite intimite with my tire repair kit. The Ricossos are much more puncture resistant and almost as free rolling as the Bontragers

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Continental Ultra sport is simular in resistance to punctures but more rolling resistant

They roll OK and relatively inexpensive.

Slow, heavy and not confidence inspiring.

I wasn't paying careful attention when I bought these and thought I was replacing my work out Vredestein Fortezzas. Big mistake. Where the Fortezzas were fast and had great cornering, the Ricorsos are heavier and slower. All around the ride is OK but on the sluggish side. I just threw them away with miles left on the tread.

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Fortezzas

Cheap, puncture resistant, OK feel, pretty durable

Very difficult to mount on any of my wheelsets except for my Velocity Deep Vs. Every other wheel requires use of a tire iron to get the last bit of bead seated. I've been changing tires for 40 years, and I'm a big strong guy--never had so much trouble mounting a tire. Good thing they fit that one wheelset...

They're cheap, they ride OK, but oy, the mounting!

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Michelin Krylion, assorted Conti, Vredestein Fortezza SE

Puncture resistant to the highest degree. Great in wet conditions...about as sure handling as you can get unless you go to cyclocross tires. Inexpensive!

Heavy, soft, inefficient, energy-wasters. That said, I use them on an old steel frame. They may be just the ticket to ease the harsh ride of a jarring carbon frame. In fact, I have a scandium ride that beats me to death after 2 hours. These may be just the ticket for that ride.

Thick, Heavy, Slow, Puncture Resistant. That said, they are cheap tires that are best suited for a beater/city/bad weather rides. I've had mine for years, but only have a few hundred miles on them as they are mounted on my special occassion 'sludge' wheels. I would never place these puppies on anything where performance is a priority of any sort. but on those days when I just have got to get a ride in when it's raining, or post snow rides in the winter, I reach for my Ricorso's with confidence. I like them for the way I use them. On the other hand, I have tried them on good wheels during the season on dry days over normal roads, and they felt absolutely terrible. They felt like they had adhesive on them and they were sticking to the pavement. I nought them to serve as a winter training tire, but even for that use they were less than optimal when it is dry and the slippery factor on the road is low. There are much better choices. However, they do excell in mucky conditions. I've also tried them on the rollers and trainer, but the groves that make them so sure handling in wet conditions did not translate well to indoor training.

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Hutchison Fusion Long Distance (good, stiff sidewalls, pleasently hard, thick tread, low rolling resistance, ugly colors strip); Conti Gatorskin (good in wet conditions, puncture resistant, smooth rolling, excellent all season training tire, but there are better choices for in-season fast rides, ugly sidewalls; Conti GP 4000s ( In my opinion these are the ultimate in-season tire. They are relatively puncture resistant, have low rolling resistance, they're light, and handle wet conditions admirably.)

You put it on your rim and fill up the tube and hey, you have a tire on your bike.

Firstly, this tire gobbled up microscopic pieces of mica like your fat little cousin inhaling the last chunk of stuffing at Thanksgiving dinner. This caused innumerable inconvenient flat tires. Secondly, after storing the bike away for winter, the rubber began deteriorating rapidly. Spaghetti-like strands of rotten rubber decorate the tire walls now and kind of look like a circular version of Nancy Sinatra's fringed boots.

If someone invented a tire that could suck $15 out of your wallet into oblivion and formed it from the intestinal buildup from a lifetime of eating red meat, they would certainly call it "Ricorso".

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My Conti Ultra2000s are 4 years old now, have about 1500 miles on them and still outlasted these tires. The Ricorsos had maybe 200 miles tops before they became the finest landfill decoration you've ever seen.

great cornering, even when scree is on pavement. Very punture resistant. Can put many, many miles on this tire before having to replace.

colors not what advertised as (nothing to do with performance). after the cornering slits are worn out (smooth), the cornering performance is noticeable changed for the worse.

very confidence inspiring. great training tire. heavy for racing, but so confidence inspiring and flat resistant that I train so many miles on this tire, it's hard to take it off and put another on, only to hope it performs as well. Interesting, after 2 years of training rides on these tires, the cornering slits on the front wore out (I corner fast and hard) and the "stickability" factor of the tires great decreased. I immediately ordered another pair.

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Vittoria Diamante Pro-lite (puncture flat w/67 miles on tire); Hutchinson Carbon Pro-lite (3" slide wore brand-new tire down to wires/threads); Michelin Axial Pro, Hi-lite (good training tire)

Performance much better than expected for price. Supple feel, even at higher pressures.

None noted yet--only had them a day so far.

Bought these steel-beaded tires to replace old Specialized sport tires with Kevlar beads (tires must have had 1500+ miles on them, cracking and lost their lively feel). Bike shop only sold this brand, with which I was not familiar, but bought them anyway. WOW! Tires ride very nicely. Supple... NOT what I expected out of a tire sold at a price level comparable to the $14 Specialized tires I started riding with nearly 20 years ago. Haven't tested cornering, but the tires seem to grip well on dry pavement and roll easier than the tires they replaced. Very impressed so far, would like to see this tire on a set of nice wheels rather than my 15 year old beaters. I actually went "low buck" on the tires because I'm planning on having a new set of wheels made and didn't want to put "nice" tires on old wheels. Giving a 3 for value ($24 seems a bit expensive for a steel-beaded clincher) and a 4 for overall (due to good performance).

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Never have used anything but Specialized road tires till now. Very impressed with these.

Rolling qualities, cornering, easy to install

None

Great deal on a very responsive tire. I run my tires a little softer than many folks...and these are a great feeling training tire..stiff enough to roll well with good cornering characteristics. Very nice in the wet as well.

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Michelin Dynami, Hi-lite, Panaracer, Specialized

Good speed Good cornering Good wet performance Good price

Deterioration of the rubber after 9 months...yikes!!

I bought these on the back of good reviews and price. To start with, the tyres were excellent, with good rolling speed and very good cornering. I was never in doubt about losing grip. I've ridden tham hard in the wet and they've never slipped. But after 9 months of use and only about 500 miles, the rubber is cracking over the whole carcass. In particular, where the sidewall and main tread - it's gone right down to the weave underneath!! I hate to think about what would happen if they blew out mid corner. I've had them replaces by the supplier and I hope this is an exceptional case with these tyres as I've been impressed with the performance on the road.

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Schwalbe stelvio

Look good Reasonable grip and cornering

Puncture-prone Bad bead adhesion

Bought three of these in March, and despite having done less than 1,000 miles they're all now dead. Each has failed where the tire attaches to the wire bead - this quickly leads to a bulge that eventually blows the inner tube. They were OK while they lasted though, except being rather puncture-prone.

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Michelin's that came with the bike, Panaracer from LBS (forget make)