GOODYEAR EAGLE F 1 TUBELESS

£50 A seamless transition from motor sport to... proper sport!

WEIGHT 310g per tyre

A familiar name for producing car tyres but making big inroads into the cycling market, Goodyear’s Eagle F1 is a high-performance tyre with huge intent. The F1 utilises advanced technologies, such as graphene to produce a tyre that’s made an impressive debut in the high-end tyre market thanks to stunning speed and grip. Graphene is incredibly light and tough and adds elasticity to tyre compounds.

Inside the tyre is a 120 TPI casing with the company’s own R:Amor puncture-resistant belt. Wrapped over this is a Dynamic:GSR rubber compound infused with graphene and the latest silica developments to create a fastrolling tyre with exceptional grip levels in the dry and only the smallest step down in the wettest conditions.

The tyres are quick in a straight line, while in the corners the rubber sticks to the road with a steadfast refusal to slip, even at extreme lean angles. This continues when the roads are wet with reassuring traction on slick tarmac. They also exhibit a supreme suppleness that calms rough roads, and lends additional smoothness to the bike beyond the benefits of big volumes and low pressures.

The Eagle F1 is available in clincher and tubeless. I’ve tested both and the performance of each is impressive and on a par with other high-end tyres. The tubeless installation was among the easiest on test, thanks to a proprietary dual-angle bead design that helps to capture the air before the tyre is seated. No tyre levers or tubeless inflators needed.

The performance of both the tubeless and clincher models is extremely impressive