Bontrager launches six brand new mountain bike and gravel tires

Der Bontrager Montrose für Trail-Fahrer ist ein schnell rollender Reifen mit Grip, Geschwindigkeit und Beständigkeit für hartes Terrain.

Trek is expanding its tire portfolio and introducing six new model families from the Bontrager brand for XC, Trail and Gravel. These six new tires have been redesigned in every aspect and feature new proprietary compounds, puncture protection and tread patterns. All of the new tires are named after an iconic destination, highlighting their respective areas of use - Girona, Betasso, Vallnord, Sainte-Anne, Montrose and Gunnison. To prove their suitability, Trek intensively tested all tires and compared them with existing Bontrager products as well as with other industry-leading tire models.

New construction

Under the surface of each tire is one of four newly developed constructions, all of which offer more durability than before - XR, XT, GR and GX. For the trail, the XR offers a fast rolling XC construction with puncture protection on the sidewall, while the XT offers a more robust trail construction with bead-to-bead puncture protection and puncture protection at the apex. Riders looking for a new gravel tire can choose between the robust GX construction with puncture protection under the tread and the fast rolling GR construction - both with bead-to-bead puncture protection that improves tread puncture protection by up to 350% (Betasso RSL GX over GR2).

New compounds

The product range includes three new MTB compounds and a new gravel compound. The new mountain bike range consists of an XC dual compound with a fast-rolling, firmer core and medium shoulder knobs, a trail dual compound with a medium-hard core and softer shoulder knobs and a trail triple compound with a medium-hard core, soft shoulder and ultra-supportive base. The new gravel dual compound offers a firmer, fast rolling core with medium firm shoulder knobs. These new compounds offer up to 10% more speed and up to 39% more grip than the tires they replace.

New names

The new XC range includes the Vallnord - a lightweight XC tire designed for the tough, dry conditions of Vallnord, Andorra, and the Sainte-Anne - an all-round XC tire for grip and speed in mixed rocky, rooty and even wet conditions, named after the XC World Cup destination in Quebec. For trail riders, the Montrose is a fast-rolling tire with grip, speed and durability for the mostly hard-packed terrain outside of Black Canyon, Colorado, and the Gunnison offers unwavering durability and speed in the mixed conditions found in the high alpine desert of Colodado.

Girona and Betasso make up the two new gravel families. The Girona, named after the Catalan city, is Trek's fastest and lightest gravel tire to date. The Betasso is designed for the harsh gravel conditions of the Colorado desert and offers serious grip for extremely rough gravel and medium singletrack.

Put through its paces

To deliver on its performance promise, Trek has put each new tire family through its paces in tests. Both the current Bontrager tires they replace and the leading competitors in their respective classes were analyzed. The results show that the new tires perform better in almost all test scenarios.