Our favorite Vittoria Tires Combo!

We've been rocking Vittoria tires for the last 6+ seasons and think we have found our favorite tire combo! Keep watching to learn why we think the Vittoria Mazza/Agarro combo is well suited for MA riding and beyond!

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[Walt_r]

Finally did my first ride with the Mazza and Agarro. Love it dude

[OKFrax-ysop]

Riding here in Colorado, the conditions from sandy to large stone and in between. I switched to Mazza front and back and have done some stiff climbing and the traction is incredible and never let me down.

[phantasma]

By far my favorite combo. Its untouchable. And they roll fast.

[mtbct]

Nice to see a new video out from you! I will say when I had my Specialized Status I did swap out the rear Butcher, garbage tire that got a pinch flat on the second ride, to an Enduro TNT Mazza and loved the grip! Other than that my favorite tires currently are the Michelin Wild Enduro's those have lasted me almost two seasons with zero issues and great tread life!

[NDemanuele]

I just installed the Mazza on the Rear of my V1 Ripmo and am running an Assaggi in the Front. Right away I noticed that it rolls faster. I live in the SF Bay Area so I'll see how it holds up!

Btw, I wish I saw this video sooner to get 20% off!...LOL. I paid $82 with tax. It was more than I wanted to spend but they seem like quality tires and I'm just an 'Average Joe' rider and usually replace tires once a year - if that. Another one I was considering was Continental Trail King but watched some negative videos about them. I just wanted to try something other than Maxxis, although they are great as well!

[JeremyN]

I appreciate the review and the candor about your relationships. I bought into the Vittoria hype and bought 2 Barzos in Graphene for my XC bike. First ride was both impressive and unimpressive at the same time. I think the tread pattern and compound is good for everything except for roots, especially wet. Maybe I need to run even lower pressure with these tires than with others in other brands, but I noticed more deflection, bounce, and root sliding than with most of my other tires in the same category. Granted New England conditions are basically rainforest right now, but I’ll be pulling these off and going back to Maxxis and Bontrager until I can better figure out how to run these tires for my trails and conditions.

[BH-cytb]

I just put a vittoria barzo 2.6 on front and back of my new to me 2019 specialized stumpjumper 27.5 short travel. Also just put on Canfield 155mm crankset . Today was my first ride on the tires and have to say these are the best rolling tires I have ever used. My trail system has a lot of sandy areas roots and rocks and tires hooked up well. I have the grey trail version. Very happy with my purchase. Running 22psi in front and 25 psi rear. I’m in northeast also.

[mtbct]

Back again, new bike build and trying out your combo! I'll let you know the outcome soon.

[jimparker]

I completely agree the tires are great and I’m running Barzo’s here in SoFla and also agree the grey sidewall looks great new but fades rather quickly. Been looking for a replacement just because of the discoloration. Tell the Product Developer to fix it or maybe just make them black and I would not need to look for a replacement 😉

[Getoutsideday]

Very nice combo bro.
I am currently running Mazza out front and the Syerra at the rear. I like the rolling speed of the Syerra, but it gets a little nasty when they get wet they are pretty slippery on the roots and rocks. Mazza that probably is one of my top 3 tires I have ever owned. I would like to try out the Agarro. One of my friends own them (front and back) and he's extremely happy with them on his Canyon Strive. Cheers

[bjtj]

Great review. I recently switched from a DHF/DISSECTOR combo because the dissector side knobs started to tear in the first week. So far I’m very impressed. The Mazza grips like crazy and rolls at least as good as the DHF. Martello seems great so on the rear up steep and technical climbs and rolls fast and grips very well on hard pack descents. It seems fine on steep loamy descents as well but it is aided in braking by the tenacious MAZZA.. so far I. Very happy but wonder if the agarro is a better rear tire.. ?

[marcalsamways]

Hey man, follower from Brazil here, great content! Just bought a Trek Top Fuel 8 and I'm searching for a good trail combo, since i'll basically dedicate this bike for trails only now (ocasionally some offroad longer pedals with my friends, but for that I can also go for my HT). I have a Crossking 2.3 front and Barzo 2.25 rear, i got those from my previous mtb (Scott Spark RC 2020) as they are practically as new. I was running marathon and technical XC competition with these tires and also did trail riding, i do like the combo, but i keep wondering how much improvement I would get with a slightly agressive combo. On my researches i got to the Rekon/Forekaster config, but I did like a lot this Agressor/Mazza config man.

[lazylearner]

Good video, and great edit! How much air pressure are you running in the rear with the insert? Also how much is your riding weight?

[benjy]

I've just recently switched to Agarro front and rear on my 2019 Norco Fluid fs1, I've only done a couple of rides on them so far but they feel pretty good, for sure more grip than the Barzo front and rear combo that I was running, I can't see myself needing anything more aggressive, I was a bit concerned about the extra weight but its not really an issue, I think the extra weight is compensated by how well they roll, I think they may even roll better than the Barzo, or at least no real noticeable difference, I decided to stick with Vittoria because the Barzo rear lasted for 2 years, and it still had some tread left on it when I finally binned it, they seem to last for ages.

[ThomasSylva]

Great review! I'm in Colorado, ride lots of dry loose kitty litter trails with some rocks and roots. Current set up is a Trek Fuel EX7 w Dissector front/Aggressor rear. Looking for a comparable setup with Vittoria. Would you suggest the Mazza/Agarro or Agarro/Agarro, or another combo? Thanks for any feedback

[menemismix]

Can you do a review on the vittoria syerra?

[tarekmakhlouf]

Great review! I been thinking about slapping them on my bike for a while. May I ask, since you are local to me. I ride Lynn- HP- school street and ride my v1 offering downhill as well. Do you feel the tires would hold up well for my kind of riding? I have tr37s and will most likely have some cushcores..

[FINNdeischgut]

I would like to do the same combination on my bike, but I have an E-MTB and Vittoria has an E-MTB version of the two tires. The problem is that the Agarro only comes with the gray side panel in the E version and the Mazza only comes with the black side panel in the E version. I don't even know where the explicit difference to the e-bike version is and you won't find anything explicit on the internet either. Is the rubber compound harder or softer? Is the carcass thicker or thinner? Does it last longer but has less grip than the regular version? I'm assuming that the e-bike version will be more stable or durable in some way, so it would probably make sense to use the rear tire (Agarro) as the e-bike version. However, it has gray side walls, so I would have to take a normal Mazza with gray side walls, which is very difficult and expensive to find in Germany. Or I take the normal black version of both tires, but I don't know the difference to the e-bike version. This is pretty stupid done by Vittoria as not everyone uses the same tire front and rear. I'm now thinking about just taking the e-bike version of both. Then only the rear tire has a gray sidewall and the Mazza has a black sidewall, but that's really too stupid for me to stress about the color of the sidewall. That's really quite stupid made by Vittoria, but I'm very interested in the tires, especially the Mazza, which I really want as a front tire. I would prefer to use a Schwalbe with Super Trail carcass and Speedgrip rubber compound or a Maxxis Highroller as the rear tire, but it looks even more stupid if there are two completely different sidewalls on it. Vittoria definitely needs to work on the rear tires and it would also be good if the Agarro had the 2PLY TLR casing for more rear protection. However, at Schwalbe it is also the case that there are no tires with a Super Gravity carcass + Addix Speedgrip, although that would be the best version as a rear tire. A Hans Dampf or Nobby Nic Super Gravity Speedgrip as a rear tire, but no manufacturer offers something like that, although the carcass is much more important at the rear than at the front and you should still have a harder rubber compound at the rear than at the front.

But I definitely want the Mazza for the front and preferably another Vittoria tire in the same color for the rear, although the only option for a rear tire is the Agarro, which will certainly do a good job. I just don't know exactly whether it's an e-bike version or not and which color, I hope you can help me.

[kevinclark]

I am looking at the Maxxis Dissector2.4/Rekon2.4 combo for a new to me Evil Following MB. Currently has DHF2.5/DHR2.4, but that’s overkill for where I ride. More flowy trails with not a ton of elevation change, so I’m thinking lighter and faster rolling. I was looking at Syerra/Barzo as an alternative to Dissector/Rekon. Have you tried that setup?

[bikingwithryan]

I’ve been riding vittoria Mazza/Martello and sometimes a morsa for two years. But I just got a new bike that came stock with maxxis assegai front and rear. I don’t understand all the hype tho. I honestly feel like my vittoria setup had more grip that those.