With modern 29ers combining aggressive, slack geometries with equally aggressive pedaling platforms, there’s no reason why a climbing bike can’t also be a party bike. The Syerra is proof, with a fast-rolling, high-grip center strip and tread that’s spaced, shaped, and siped to bite on climbs, rocks, and roots, or under braking and cornering loads.

The spacious knob layout also clears muck and soil, and the Syerra’s overall girth helps it float on root lattices and rock gardens that we wouldn’t have dreamed of riding 29ers on a decade ago. Despite that extra cushion and traction, a relatively low weight construction means the tire still spins up to speed fast while punching through rollers or earning another lap.

Features:

• Tread design combines the grip of the Trail category with the speed of the XC category
• Fast rolling center tread, designed for capable climbing and confident braking
• Capable and well spaced side tread, holds your line on a range of terrain
• 4C Graphene compound system provides grip speed and durability
• Specifically designed Nylon casing construction with extra protection ensured by the Anti Pinch Flat insert (APF)
• 29x2.40" weight 850g
• Hookless Rim Compatible.

Syerra’s tread profile shares design-DNA of both  and , but with reduced weight and improved rolling performance. The pronounced shoulders and a defined side-channel provide assured cornering bite and early engagement, allowing the progressive sipe-width to hold off-camber lines with ease.

Generous spacing combines with strategically placed tread surface siping, allowing the  to scramble up loose rock faces, and self-clean on the next revolution. These sipes are built into Vittoria’s step-ramp tread blocks, allowing the tyre to maintain speed, while still providing a sharp effective edge for climbing and braking. This combination of traits keeps you tracking straight on loose over hard terrain, while retaining a category-defining level of tactile feel when things get slick.

Syerra is designed to be used front and rear, but also pairs well with other tyres. By using a durable Tubeless Ready casing, supported with Anti Pinch Flat APF sidewall inserts, the Syerra is much more robust and durable than the classic XC tyre you are used to with little effect on weight.    

The end result is a quiver-killer tyre, that climbs as well as it descends. For those who earn their turns.

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