Vittoria Terreno PRO T30 700 x 45 off road rolling resistance results 📊

Vittoria's released their new Terreno Pro gravel tire lineup in November of 2025, although they made their first public appearance at the 2024 Taipei Cycle show. The all brown tire there was labeled the Nova and featured an all new construction method in addition to a new T60 tread pattern. The Race focused PRO lineup joins the Endurance collection of Vittoria's gravel tires and promises more speed, grip, AND puncture resistance. Per Vittoria, "The Terreno PRO range is built with 92% renewable and recycled materials, making it the most sustainable tire Vittoria has ever created, proving that going green doesn’t mean compromising on winning."

The PRO lineup offers four tread patterns with a 0-100 Gravel Terrain Score to help riders find the best tread pattern for where they ride. The T30s I tested are intended for Fine Loose gravel and feature the distintive fish scale center tread also found on the new Terreno XC Race MTB tires.

These weighed 670 grams as claimed and aired up easily to exactly 45 mm wide on a 25 mm internal width rim. You got it…a Race tire that is roughly 100 grams heavier than it's 45 mm Endurance tire counterpart. For anyone curious, this was no accident in the design of the tire. Vittoria's aim with the PRO T30 was to deliver off road speed by way of pure rolling speed as well as improved ride feel…and from my testing, they deliver on this.

While the rolling numbers are good but not insanely fast, these are easily the most comfortable and composed 45 mm tire in rough terrain I have tried. This actually shows up in the Cat 3 results, where they almost fully close the speed gap to Schwalbe's RS PRO! The ride is luxurious, to put it simply. The T30 PROs have a better ability to absorb rough terrain than I expected, which I could see paying off from a rider fatigue and bike control perspective.

All outdoor test results my own via Chung Method.

PSI notes….Everyone wants to know…what pressure am I using? Obviously, larger tires will require lower pressure than smaller ones to get the best speed and handling in general…especially off road. The Wolf Tooth Advanced calculator is very good in my usage for gravel and mtb tires. The Rough Gravel setting seems to get quite close to best pressure for not only rolling efficiency (yes, even on gravel that’s not super rough) but also comfort and handling. I will start with that based on the measured tire size, go ride some, recheck pressure once the tire warms up, the reasess the setting based on how the tire is riding. If it feels obviously harsh, go down 1 psi at a time. If it feels squirmy or I am smacking the rim on hard hits, I will go up 1 psi at a time. Often I end up sticking quite close to what the calculator says initially but it isn't written in stone. Even for tires with the exact same size and casing, tread pattern design can also influence finding ideal pressure. Rolling efficiency is actually almost identical across a bigger span of tire pressures off road than most realize, which means it is quite easy to get the pressure where the tire will be fastest…the rest is fine tuning to rider preference. Even though I’m testing, I am also enjoying being out there so take the extra steps to see how the tire performs best. Ultimately there is no magic “best” pressure… it is up to rider preference with no real speed penalty unless you really mess it up one way or another. All the Smooth Pavement testing I do is with the tires set to the PSI I would use for riding on average pavement, so in practice about 5-7 psi higher than I would use for off road riding.