Vittoria’s eagerness to innovate and disrupt the cycling industry is endless and this is why the company remains at the forefront of innovation like no other within the bike tire industry.
It is Vittoria’s mission to be #1 in developing products with disruptive technologies and materials.
This provides cycling enthusiasts with the best tires and wheels possible.
The company’s proprietary laboratory is where Vittoria scientists harness the proprieties of new-found materials through advanced technologies and tools.
They then integrate these developed materials into products, raising performance to previously unattainable levels.
This is where Vittoria Graphene technology is rooted.
Being among the first companies in the world to harness the potential of Graphene,
Vittoria has established itself as the #1 Graphene user in bike industry.
Every year, tons of Graphene are applied to Vittoria tires and wheels.
Graphene interacts with rubber by filling the space in between the rubber molecules, which has been verified to increase all positive performance metrics.
Once riders experienced Vittoria’s Graphene enhanced products they immediately noticed the huge improvement of their performance. Vittoria was credited with producing the fastest road race tire ever made.
Simultaneously the graphene MTB tires were winning World Mountain Bike Championships in Cross Country.
In 2018 Vittoria tires won every single Grand Tour time trial (ITT and TTT), as well as European, French, German, Austrian, Russian, Brazilian, and Pan-American Cross-Country championships. #VittoriaIsVictory.
This approach is most evident in the new range of Vittoria 4C mountain bike tires.
No other tire maker has the know-how and resources to produce a single tire combining up to 4 compound layers.
Vittoria is the #1 company in the world using 4 compounds in a single tire tread.
The company invested millions of dollars in the only extruder in the world able to mix 4 compounds in a single tread: an impressive high-tech machine which is a true miracle of engineering.
This is Vittoria 4C technology.
The reason for 4C came from the compromise of traditional single-compound bicycle tires.
Tires with harder compound last longer, but at the expense of having less grip.
Likewise, softer tires grip well but roll slower, and often show pre-mature wear.
The traditional 1-compound approach has obvious limitations.
The solution to this problem came in the form of 4C, when Vittoria became the #1 brand to engineer a single tire using 4 separate compounds.
Vittoria 4C compound layering technology features separate base and surface compounds, in both the center and the side areas of the tread.
This approach allows to fine-tune the flex of the tread-base and tread-surface separately, placing the correct hardness of the Graphene 2.0 compound exactly where it is needed for maximum cornering, climbing, rolling, and braking performance. In addition, durability and puncture protection are also improved, as the robust base compound resists punctures, and provides a stable base for deeper mountain bike treads.
Each of the 4 layers is comprised of different natural and synthetic rubber types, blended into the compound that works best for the intended use.
This allows for endless customizations of each layer according to the tire needs.
