Specialized Roubaix Pro tyre review

Taking its name from the Queen of Classics, the Specialized Roubaix Pro tyre is designed to take the rough with the smooth

Specialized Roubaix Pro tyre
Cycling Weekly Verdict

Robust yet fast rolling, the Specialized Roubaix Pro tyre also delivers a great ride quality that provides good grip in corners. All in all, an ideal all-round tyre for autumn through to spring that offers great value for money.  

Reasons to buy
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    Price

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    Rolling resistance

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    Size options

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    Puncture resistance

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    Grip

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    Profile

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Reasons to avoid
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    Weight

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For racing tyres it's straightforward – you want something fast with reasonable puncture protection – but training or endurance tyres are slightly more complicated. You want something robust, durable, puncture proof, but that doesn't make you feel like you're riding through treacle. With claims of meeting all the above, the Specialized Roubaix Pro tyre could be just the ticket.

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Hannah Bussey

Hannah is Cycling Weekly’s longest-serving tech writer, having started with the magazine back in 2011. She has covered all things technical for both print and digital over multiple seasons representing CW at spring Classics, and Grand Tours and all races in between.

Hannah was a successful road and track racer herself, competing in UCI races all over Europe as well as in China, Pakistan and New Zealand.

For fun, she's ridden LEJOG unaided, a lap of Majorca in a day, won a 24-hour mountain bike race and tackled famous mountain passes in the French Alps, Pyrenees, Dolomites and Himalayas. 

She lives just outside the Peak District National Park near Manchester UK with her partner, daughter and a small but beautifully formed bike collection.