BIKEPGH MESSAGE BOARD ARCHIVE

Did you check REI? Not sure if they have Zaffiros, but I know they stock several other Vittoria models.

I got a pair (white, mmm.) by mail from Ben's cycle from Milwaukee, which, if you aren't totally set on buying local, is a pretty cool shop.

My unsolicited review - super stiff sidewalls with thick tread rubber, they FEEL heavy, I'm not sure gram-wise they acutally are. Perfect city beaters, but you feel it in the ride (hard) and on the hills. I'm in no way dis-recommending (?) them, but that's what they're like.

Seems like the kind of thing that Thick Bikes might have.

Kraynicks had a bunch for $14 or so. Trek also has them (in the back)

Nice tires, but straight up scary on wet metal surfaces.

@Eric Any tire will be on that surface. Wet steel and wood are deadly.

I got some at Kraynicks and I am pretty sure he usually has them in stock.

My personal review is A+, nary a flat to be seen in the last few months but they are very slick even in a light rain as mentioned earlier in the thread

I've commuted across the same bridge for a few years now, with many different tires. The Zaffiro is the only tire that has almost put me on my head every time I hit the expansion joints when wet. I've ridden plenty of other tires that are much, much better.

Thanks for the Kraynick's tip. REI does not have them.

Also, I haven't bothered to take them off my bike, scary wet surface traction or not. They don't seem to wear out.

Probably explains why they are popular among the skidderz.

Kraynick's has a bunch of them. $16 and apparently his price on them is going up a bit.

Thanks!