Enjoy the comfort and speed of supple tires on your road bike! We name our tires after the passes in the Cascade Mountains that inspire them: Chinook Pass branches off from Cayuse Pass and heads to Eastern Washington. The road takes you above the treeline, and as you round Tipsoo Lake, you get the most spectacular vista of Tahoma (Mount Rainier) – especially in the morning, when the glaciers glow in the early sunlight.

The supple casing of Rene Herse all-road tires rolls smoothly over surface irregularities. The tread pattern interlocks with the road surface for superior cornering grip, wet or dry. The tread has enough thickness in the center to last thousands of miles, but it’s thin and supple on the shoulders where it doesn’t wear.

The Standard casing is our more affordable option: comfortable and fast, yet also strong to withstand considerable abuse. The Extralight casing takes the performance, comfort and feel of your bike to an entirely new level.

The Chinook Pass requires tubes. We recommend SV15 or SV20 tubes.

Made in Japan.

All models feature:

Clincher, folding bead
Maximum pressure: 105 psi (7.4 bar)
Actual width on 20 mm rim (internal): approx. 28 mm
Extralight casing: +0.5 mm width
Recommended rim: 15 - 23 mm (inner width)

Standard casing

Supple casing
Tan sidewalls
248 g

Extralight casing

Ultra-light, ultra-supple casing
Black or tan sidewalls
225 g

Rene Herse Chinook Pass