New Vittoria Corsa Pro!!

[willmac]

Anectodal as it's a sample size of one but i managed to slice the sidewall on mine yesterday. Thought i dodged the road debris during the corner but obviously not. Held with a plug to get home but i'll be replacing it and hoping it doesn't happen again. 30mm tire on 25mm id rim if curious although this is half way down the casing so doubt anything else would have faired better

[nickf]

At $100 bucks a pop I wouldn't be using those as training tires.

[BigBoyND]

Yeah I'm not spending 100 on them either when Power Cup cost 50. Waiting for the eventual price drop, but want to try the Pro in 32mm eventually.

[RDY]

I haven't tried the Pros, but a bunch of riders switched from S TR to the Pro at my LBS ... most of them gave up after a few rides, some after the first ride. Huge gashes and punctures, with quite a few blowouts. And the sidewalls seem to be as fragile as any other Vittoria cotton tire. Granted the roads are terrible here, but they seem to get away with running the S TRs, which themselves lack durability.

Dubious that the Controls will prove to be much more durable - for me the Corsa Control 2.0 punctured just as easily as the Corsa 2.0, just the holes were slightly less ruinous - albeit that was with TPU rather than TL. I suspect it might be a similar story here. The rubber compound is just so fragile - I don't think BRR's tests do a very good job in Vittoria's case of showing just how susceptible to damage their race tires are.

[mrlobber]

Funny enough, but even my Corsa Speeds seem to hold much much better (front already has 4000km) than the new Pros described here.

[willmac]

I'm willing to give it another go before I move away from them. Ride feel and cornering is on another level compared to the s tr's. If I have another one binned this early in it's life then I'll make the switch back though.

[B0tt0mline]

No problem at all, works just great.

[Xabi]

Even if thread cuts are not as visible as older corsas they happen, I inflated my rear tire with co2 pump midride and it had around 10 bubbling holes. Sealant was finish line... Replaced it with orange seal at home and now they only lose around 0.2 bar max in 3 days.

[DieselCondor]

Around 1100km covered now, on crappy UK Cotswold roads.
I am surprised at their resilience to cuts and damage considering the debris left on the roads this year- much better than previous versions.
I am very happy with them so far, they ride beautifully and are fast.

[scottydonald]

Well I am very inexperienced with mounting tubeless tyres but it took me two hours to gets these on and working on my Enve 4.5 AR;

I struggled to get one on but just didn't get enough slack.
Couldn't seat them with gravel pump.
Seated them straight away with compressor.
Realised the valves were in the wrong wheel, why? Yes I realise this now.
Both tyres pumped up with gravel pump but lost air through valve.
Added sealant to both, one worked straight away, the other was a nightmare around the valve but 10 attempts, spins shakes later it sealed and wasted sealant.

Had a round the block ride on my SL7 and wow they do feel great compared to previous gp5000 STR and Schwalbe Pro One Addix all in 28. Looking forward to tomorrows short ride.

[Aryeh]

I have joined the sidewall flat club with this tire. It happened at mile 92 of a century. I put a tube in.
I will take a closer look when I get home.

Edit: I thought it was a sidewall because the flat didn't seal and sealant was coming out along the sidewall and the bead partially unseated.
When I got home I removed the tube and tried getting the tire to seat again without a tube, it was very difficult since the tire was very loose and it only worked once I used my air canister with the valve core removed.

I don't think the hole was very big and the Vittoria sealant failed to maintain rideable pressure.
I used to use Orange Seal which worked well but I don't like what it does to tan sidewalls.
Any other suggestions for sealant?

[ViperFFM]

Any chance this tire is faster than the GP5000 S TR? All the Corsa tires until now aside from the Corsa Speed were quite a bit slower according to BRR.

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There are countless other options both faster and more durable than th S TR. Even the former Gp5000 TL 2018 model is better in both regards

[ViperFFM]

The BRR tests are quite impressive! Best tyre out there in 2023. At least one Italian company delivers

I dont think anything impressive came out of the industry except 100% price increase. The GP5000 TL still is in the same ballpark and was released 2018

[warthog101]

I dont think anything impressive came out of the industry except 100% price increase. The GP5000 TL still is in the same ballpark and was released 2018

[ViperFFM]

I dont think anything impressive came out of the industry except 100% price increase. The GP5000 TL still is in the same ballpark and was released 2018

Whats up troll? Go check the data if this sound unbelievable (which it does because 5 years of developemnt literally led to nothing)