Silca launches its first tyres with famously tyre-agnostic Dylan Johnson – who insists he’s not selling out

Silca launches its first tyres with famously tyre-agnostic Dylan Johnson – who insists he’s not selling out

'I wouldn't be signing to a tyre company if I didn't think it was the best tyre on the market, genuinely,' says the gravel pro and YouTuber

SILCA launches Protocol gravel and road tyre range

SILCA has launched its new Protocol tyre range, a line-up of gravel and road tyres developed around modern rim widths, lower pressures and high-efficiency casing construction. The brand said the range takes inspiration from cross-country mountain bike tyre design rather than scaling up traditional road tyre construction for gravel use. The result, according to SILCA, is a collection designed to improve speed, comfort, handling and durability acr…

Silca enters bike tire market with 13 different options

Silca. Left to right: Protocol RCR, Protocol RCG-1, Protocol RCG-3, and Protocol RCG-4. Silca, known for producing high-quality bike tools, accessories, and supplies, is adding a new line: tires. The company, originally founded over 100 years ago in Italy and now based in Indiana, is dropping a massive lineup of tires designed for road and gravel biking in a wide variety of tread patterns and sizes. Now we know that weird-looking prototype tire…

Silca launches range of wide tubeless tyres for gravel and road use

Cyclist Silca launches range of wide tubeless tyres for gravel and road use Silca has launched its own range of performance tyres for road and gravel racing. Called the Protocol, the new tyres come in 29mm, 34mm and 38mm widths for road use and 45mm, 50mm and 55mm for gravel. There’s also a 32-inch gravel tyre. According to Silca CEO Josh Poertner, ‘For years, the industry approached gravel tyres by just slapping thick, heavy rubber onto traditi…