Pirelli Cinturato All Road tyre

The Pirelli Cinturato All Road is a versatile tyre offering grip and usability across a wide range of surfaces, from smooth roads to hard-packed gravel and towpaths. It's a good choice if you're looking to dabble in a bit of off-roading without killing off speed when you want to push on on the tarmac.

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The All Roads have a tread pattern commonly seen among gravel tyres: a fast, slick centre provides speed and limits drag, while small knobbles either side and larger knobbles on the edge of the tyre help bite down on corners and enhance grip.

The tyres are at their best on harder surfaces like canal towpaths, hard-packed gravel and roads, though they did cope better than I expected on rocky and slippery surfaces when I pushed them out of their comfort zone, despite not being designed for it, providing a surprising amount of grip.

Despite being only 40mm wide, they were still capable and comfortable when riding rougher terrain, such as looser gravel. It was nice to be able to transition so effortlessly from road to gravel and back again, at most only needing to adjust tyre pressure. When riding on the road, I ran them at 40psi – hard but still forgiving – dropping them to 30psi when the surfaces became a bit more challenging.

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They're made from a mix of polymers that Pirelli calls ProCompound Gravel, which it says should result in better mileage, and also have reinforced sidewalls which, along with Pirelli's ProWall Gravel, a 60 threads-per-inch (TPI) casing, is claimed to enhance puncture resistance and limit sidewall slashes. After nearly 600km on the tyres, they're still rolling smoothly and have very little visible wear.

Something it would be good to see is a choice of TPI counts. Some companies offer their tyres in a range of thread counts, which gives you the option to go for a tyre with more puncture protection (but usually a higher weight) or less but with perhaps a lower weight and more supple feel, depending on your needs.

Pirelli's UK distributor Extra is offering the tyre in two sizes, 700x40 and 700x45, though it also comes in 35 and 50mm widths, and 45mm in 650B.

Tubeless setup

Fitting these tyres was a real pleasure. I chose to mount them tubeless on a notoriously tricky Edco GRVL 34 wheelset. Up until now I've always had to use the compressor with these wheels, but the Cinturato All Roads required very little persuasion, seating just with a hand pump, and running true to size.

They've required no extra effort since, when swapping between wheelsets, which is a real bonus. Once fitted, and using Effetto Mariposa sealant, they've held air very well.

Value

The Cinturato All Road is priced at £42.99, which is reasonable for a hardwearing, fast-rolling 60TPI tyre.

A tyre offering much the same features is the Hutchinson Overide (Stu tested a 38mm size back in 2020), but from my own experience, having put many miles into both tyres on numerous terrains, I've found the Overides to wear out slightly quicker. You'll also be paying an extra £2 for the Hutchinson equivalent, though it's very slightly lighter, with a claimed weight of 485g; personally, I think the extra weight of the Pirelli is worth it for the longer lifespan.

It also compares well with Vittoria's Terreno Zero, another smooth-treaded road-cum-gravel tyre (Stu tested a 650B model in 2020); that has a 120TPI casing and weighs a claimed 510g, but costs £49.99.

Conclusion

The Cinturato All Road is a good option for swapping between road and gravel – comfortable and responsive, with confidence-inspiring grip. It's very hardwearing and fast rolling and works on a range of surfaces, even when the going gets a bit rougher, though it's slightly limited in that respect by the tread. 

Verdict

Fast-rolling and durable tyre for eating up gravel and tarmac