Blackbird Race TLR Hookless Tire

What Our Gearhead® Experts Are Saying:

"I've been on a lot of fast tires, and the Blackbird Race TLR Hookless Tire is genuinely different. The Mach Tread Ultimate compound has a snappiness to it that you feel immediately — it doesn't just roll fast, it accelerates fast. The Ultraswift casing is thin enough to feel responsive without feeling fragile, and the tubeless setup is clean. If you're targeting a road race, gran fondo, or any ride where you want to leave nothing on the table, this is the tire I'd put on the morning of."

The moment the pace line fractures and the race becomes a race is when the tire under you starts to matter. The Hutchinson Blackbird Race TLR Hookless Tire was built for exactly that moment. Developed alongside the Intermarché-Wanty World Tour team and Olympic gold medalist Alex Yee, it's a tire designed around one question: where can we find more speed?

The answer came in two places. First, the Mach Tread Ultimate compound — Hutchinson's most advanced rubber formulation — delivers 25% better energy rebound than previous compounds, meaning less energy absorbed into the tire and more of it returned as forward momentum. Second, the Ultraswift casing, 22% lighter and 23% thinner than its predecessor, reduces overall mass while improving road feel and cornering feedback in tight turns.

The result is a tire that starts at 240 grams in the 28mm and delivers a measured 10% improvement in watt efficiency over the previous generation. For a rider who has spent months building fitness, that's not a marginal gain — it's the difference between bridging a gap and watching it open. The Blackbird Race TLR Hookless Tire is available in 28mm, 30mm, 32mm, and 34mm, built for riders who treat race day with the same seriousness as the tire was designed with.