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New Panaracer Agilest road tires blend supple grip with lightweight protection

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The all-new Panaracer Agilest road bike tires aree the evolution of the Stradius line, which was their first serious road bike tire line. They launched those about 20 years ago, and they were the introduction of their ZSG (Zero Slip Grip) compound.

That compound has evolved, too, but the premise is the same, maintain the same high performance no matter if it’s hot or cold, wet or dry. But it’s also evolved to match the likely conditions for a given application, whether it was road, gravel, etc., as it’s expanded across their lineup.

For the new Agilest road line, they wanted to combine suppleness, lightweight, grip, and durability. Which is tough, because each of those things contradicts the other.

The apex where all of those attributes come together is they call the Panaracer Ratio.

There are four models – Tough & Supple, Duro, and Light. They’ve launched in Japan and are coming to the U.S. at the end of June.

new panaracer agilest lightweight tubeless road bike tire

The Tough & Supple comes in a standard clincher and a TLR version, and the latter is the one we’re most interested in as it comes in at a very light 260g (claimed) for a 700×30 tubeless-ready road tire.

The others are both NON-tubeless clinchers. The Light is race day, criterium tire, and the Duro is an ultra-tough training tire.

All of the clincher models will come in 23/25/28 and the TLR comes in 28/30 initially, with a 32mm width coming by end of the year.

All are 120tpi, even the Tubular (shown in top photo), and all have their Superflex puncture shield, a proprietary material that’s woven and bonded in a unique way that’s tighter than most other materials, making it tougher than Kevlar belts. And all use the same ZSG compound.

In the T&S/TLR models, it’s bead to bead. The Duro adds an extra sidewall layer, making it better able to handle big hits on rough roads. The Light loses the sidewall protection altogether, only using it under the tread cap to prevent punctures. It also gets a little less rubber in the center tread section to save weight.

MSRP will be $59.99-$65.99 (clinchers) and $89.99 (TLR).

PanaracerUSA.com

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unhappy
unhappy
2 years ago

How different are the casing and compound from the Race Evo4 line? I had the Race D Evo4 and it was a garden hose. I had to run 10-15psi less in it than my race tires to get the same compliance. And the grip was awful. It would literally squeak audibly under mild cornering. I got rid of them, even though they were quite durable and fast for their class.

BBND
BBND
2 years ago
Reply to  unhappy

The “D” was their durable version. Basically Gatorskin equivalent. What were you expecting?

Dwayne
Dwayne
2 years ago
Reply to  BBND

Seriously, he picks the hardest tire in the range and then gripes about the lack of feel. WTF?

flan
flan
1 year ago
Reply to  unhappy

I had their first road tubeless tires and they were bombproof. Rode like pigs though and gripped poorly. Far worse of a ride than gatorskins – hard to imagine. Got me through a winter of training but I was very pleased to take them off come spring and would never go back to them. Gravelkings are nice though.

Greg
Greg
2 years ago

I’ve got a different definition of “four”.

Beanpolematt
Beanpolematt
2 years ago

Pretty sure the 4th version is the pictured tubular that the article doesn’t mention.

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