Ideal for gran fondo events, centuries, light touring, race training and commuting: The Shikoro is a quick, tough, armored tire that maintains excellent road feel. Superb for training, touring, and commuting. Suited for smooth tarmac, country roads and hardpack dirt.• Dense Weave Polyamide breaker offers bead to bead for protection against punctures at the tread and cuts at the sidewalls • 4HD Casing offers low rolling resistance • High Mileage high carbon rubber compound with all road tread pattern for dependable and predictable grip on dry or wet streets. • Sizes: 700c x 28, 33, 38, 42c • Weight: Kevlar bead: 320g(28c), 350g(33c) 430g(38c) Steel bead: 420g (33c), 490g(38c) • Brown sidewall, black tread • Made in Japan by Panaracer, designed in the USA • Tubeless ready: No • Tire Type: Clincher - Check if this tire fits your bike's frame and wheels before buying: Inspect what size tires are on your bike wheel right now and measure the clearances in the rear of your bike frame to determine if it is capable of fitting wider tires. The first number,“700c”, is the rim/wheel size. Second number is width of the tire in millimeters when inflated. 700c x 28mm: Fits endurance road bikes, some road race and track bikes … 700c x 33c: Fits CX, gravel and some endurance road bikes … 700c x 35-38mm: Fits touring, cyclo-cross and gravel bikes … 700c x 42mm: Fit touring, CX, and gravel bikes designed with extra tire clearance and also 29” wheel mountain bikes with rims narrower than 28mm … About Us: Practical, durable, comfortable and affordable. These are the primary forces shaping Soma's ideology. We believe in keeping it simple for affordable individuality. We make products for the everyday cyclist, better tire levers, water bottles that don't taste like plastic, and steel frames that get people smiling from the commute to the singletrack.