45NRTH Latkat 700x40 Tubeless Ready All Season Tire

45NRTH builds tires for extreme winter cycling out of Minneapolis, Minnesota - a city that knows winter in a way Vancouver does not, and that perspective shows in every tire they make. The Latkat is their grip-focused winter road tire, designed specifically for the cold, wet pavement conditions that reduce the performance of standard road and gravel tires precisely when you need them most. Not a year-round tire that tolerates winter. A winter tire that is built around it.

Gripkraft Compound: Built for Cold and Wet
Gripkraft is 45NRTH's all weather-specific rubber compound formulated to maintain pliability and grip at low temperatures where standard compounds stiffen and lose traction. On cold, wet pavement - the conditions that define Vancouver riding from October through March - the Gripkraft compound sticks to the road surface more effectively than a standard compound, giving you more braking traction and more cornering confidence at the temperatures where other tires back off. Riders describe it as carrying more speed into wet corners with more confidence - which is exactly what a winter tire should deliver.

Siped and Grooved Tread:Wet Traction Without Drag
The tread pattern uses sipes and grooves specifically engineered for wet winter conditions, channelling water away from the contact patch and biting into the road surface under braking and cornering loads. The tread is not aggressive enough to create meaningful rolling resistance on pavement - the Latkat rolls quickly enough to hustle across town while gripping cold, wet roads better than a slick or semi-slick tire can.

Tubeless Ready: Lower Pressure, Better Grip
The 60 TPI tubeless-ready casing allows you to run lower pressures without the pinch flat risk of a tubed setup - and lower pressure means a larger contact patch and better grip on wet pavement. Set up tubeless with sealant for maximum puncture protection and the compliance benefit of a true tubeless system. The 700x40 width provides meaningful air volume for comfortable lower pressure running.

Incognito Reflective Sidewall
A subtle reflective sidewall stripe, described by 45NRTH as incognito, is not visible in daylight but reflects brightly when headlights illuminate the tire from the side. The kind of visibility feature that is invisible until it matters.

The Vancouver Winter Tire
The Latkat is the correct tire for the Passage Gravel or Seymour Road rider who wants to keep riding through Vancouver's wet season without fitting studded tires or compromising on grip. Cold wet pavement, wet leaves, rain-slicked bike lanes: the Latkat is built for exactly this.