Maxxis High Road HYPR K2 tyre review
Tubeless race tyres with Kevlar puncture protection
GBP £55.00 RRP | USD $65.00 Skip to view deals
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The Maxxis High Road HYPR K2 claims to be the brand’s best road race tyre, and features a 170 TPI casing with a K2 Kevlar composite puncture protection layer, which is also claimed to be more effective than Kevlar only or Vectran.
Maxxis says that its all-new HYPR compound rubber tread will lower rolling resistance as well as improve traction in the wet.
My 25mm pair weighed in at 575g, but the non-tubeless version costs £10 less and will save on weight: a claimed 80g per tyre.
I tested the TR tubeless-ready version of this tyre, which, when used on an appropriate rim, along with sealant, offers the benefits of a tubeless tyre but with lower weight. Sounds ideal.
I did find that it was a little tight when fitting, as is to be expected, but it was still flexible enough to wrangle in to place. It seated willingly with a track pump and sealed satisfyingly fast.
On rims with 17mm internal width, the Highroads inflated to 25mm with a fairly tall shape. Most of the tread is slick, with file tread-filled leaf shapes alternating with siped slick sections along the shoulders.
Together it ensures great straight line speed and progressive cornering grip, helped along by the High Road’s supple casing.
These tyres accelerate well from slow speed and they ride with confidence.
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Product Specifications
Product
| Price | br_price, 5, 3, Price, GBP £55.00USD $65.00 |
| Weight | br_weight, 5, 6, Weight, 575g – for pair, Array, g |
| Brand | br_brand, 5, 10, Brand, Maxxis |
Features
| TPI | br_TPI, 11, 0, TPI, 170 |
| Bead | br_bead, 11, 0, Bead, Folding |
| Puncture protection | br_punctureProtection, 11, 0, Puncture protection, Composite puncture protection layer |
Authors
Robin Wilmott is a freelance writer and bike tester. He began road cycling in 1988 and, with mountain bikes in their infancy, mixed experimental off-road adventures with club time trials and road races. Cyclocross soon became a winter staple and has remained Robin's favourite form of competition. Robin has always loved the technical aspect of building and maintaining bikes, and several years working in a bike shop only amplified that. Robin was a technical writer for BikeRadar for nearly a decade, and has tested hundreds of bikes and products for the site. He has also written extensively for Cycling Plus, Velonews and Cyclingnews.
