Road riding on medium to good surfaces, climbing and descending.
The tire has more rubber and less sidewall. Excellent on the new wider rims.
High performance tire. Wears quickly.
These did great within the first hundred miles I put on them. Grippy, felt great on corners, and look nice! Putting them on was a bit tricky since they're totally flat (hand-made), but you get used to it once you start changing your flats.
I think I've ridden about 1,000 miles on them. I've had about 6 flats on them, two were on the same day. I got a rear flat, then a front flat. I've realized they're real soft and easy to puncture, probably why they're so grippy, but I don't trust them on my century rides anymore. They've got tears galore, and small stones lodged in the rubber. No bueno, son!
I'd recommend these for anyone who wants a nice race tire, and can afford to replace them often. I'm going back to conti's.
I ride a 1980's Italian road bike and wanted to keep that classic gum wall look with these tyres.What I got was a very smooth riding tyre,that has held up quite nicely.Holds the road very well....even on wet pavement(I live in Oregon)and not one flat tyre...yet !! I would and already have highly recommend these.They have been a great buy !!
I've ridden a ton of tires over the past 20 years - Mich, Conti, Vred, Vittoria - I've tried most of them. Tires typically fall into two groups for me.
1. Reliable, decent flat resistance, decent weight but nonplussed ride and kinda ugly. Tires that work, but just aren't anything to write home about. The bulk of the tires fall into this catagory.
2. Sweet riding tires but lousy flat resistance AND they get small tears in them real easy. Tires that ride great, but don't last long and tend to flat more. These tires don't ride as nice as tubulars but are close, but they don't last long and almost negate the whole point of clinchers.
Veloflex is the only tire that is a sweet ride, looks great to boot (yes, gum walls) and actually lasts a while and has good-enough flat resistence. Yea they nick up kind easy, but they ride so much better and look good to boot and aren't all that expensive.
This is the tire I've been searching for.
I like these tires very much, look, comfort, efficiency.
I ride mostly tubular tires but have a set of clinchers with Masters on them and they are the closest clincher tire I have ever found that has a tubular feel to them. And for the price you cannot go wrong.
these tires were super grippy from the start and still remain that after 200 miles, somewhat skinny compared to today's standards but most rims these days balloon tires out so its all good, somewhat hard to mount but nothing a bit of elbow grease couldnt fix
I use these tires on all four of my vintage steel road bikes. they roll and handle great and after a year, I can't say anything bad about them. I have not had a single flat. I average 30 miles a day. I live in the country and the trails around here sometimes have a lot of debris from the surrounding woods especially after storms. I preveously used conti 4000 lls and had trouble with just about every one. namely flats and the long sidewall threads that always came off.
I've tried other tires along the way, but the Veloflex is hard to top. A Fast tire and a soft ride with the psi not too high.
Very fast and light weight, good training tire and great racing tire,100 psi, on a Fuji
Love the feel of Veloflex clinchers - miles better that the Contis I used to use.
Have had only a couple of punctures on these over the last three years, so generally just use and forget.
And love the gum side-walls! Retro cool, or makes them look like tubs.
Ride about 100 miles a week at 120 psi. These tires are very comfortable on roads with cracks and bumps. Keeping my fingers crossed, after 800 miles no flats. Hard corners are no problem, these tires stick to the payment.
Let me start by admitting that I am old enough to remember the ride quality of the Italian-made Vittoria CX tubulars of the yester-years. The ONLY tires that were even better were the ultra-expensive silk tubulars. While these Veloflex Master tires are not quite that good, they are VERY good. I install them with latex inner tubes (Vredestein) and the performance is just about as good as any currently available clincher tires one can get. I have tried Michelin, Challenge, and Continental tires and none of them have the fast feel of these. The Thai made Vittorias get close, but their casing is not as consistently even as the Veloflex tires. There are couple of caveats to these tires, however. First, they are initially very tight fitting, making the first-time installation a test in patience. Second, their exposed sidewalls are delicate.
It's been a few years since I've ridden Veloflex tires, I forgot how supple the ride is on these tires. I don't know, maybe it's just the fact that they have gum sidewalls and that makes me nostalgic and enjoy the ride more? There are so many things that effect the ride so I'm always dubious of how much the tires attribute to road feel, but having these in 25mm with 90psi gives me confidence in descending.
These tires roll so smoothly. I rode Veloflex Master Clinchers in 25s before, but the 28s are the best!
First ride, did a small U turn in an intersection I use everyday, not fast on the turn, and in perfect conditions. Tires slipped. Road rash and broken phone.
Frankly these Are the greatest road tires. They are pretty much the ride as tubulars if you use them with latex tubes (of which Vittoria are the best). Do they last as long as heavy commuting tires? No but I get 3000 miles off of the rear and 5000 off of the front. The very best open tubulars and nice colors too!
training/fitness rides
pretty disappointed with these. thought they would last longer for a training tire. i tried cause they are used in the tour however they lasted about 8 rides before both front and back had cuts totally through. on 9th ride rear totally slashed through. ive tried a lot of tires for training and found nothing that lasts as well as gatorskins. i will not purchase again.
klaus
Difficulty getting them, finding them in the U.s.
