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After some tyre recommendation for my voodoo bizango. Find myself using the bike more for mile munching on gravel fireroads and farm tracks, bridleways etc. Need to be fast rolling with cornering grip but not too thin/light weight.
Ive used racing Ralph's which where fast but my local has alot of flints and found these punchure and tear fairly easily, then moved to some on one smorgasbord, not bad but abit to draggy and fairly heavy. Is there anything that falls in the middle. I looked into gravrl bike tyres like the wtb riddler etc? 29" at 2.2
Thanks
I am a big fan of conti protection tyres. Travel contact are what I use. Virtually puncture proof but good grip and not to heavy and draggy
Morning, I've have protection and black chilli tyres before and they where great. I did invisage somthing with slightly more central tread mind.
literally did this last night
since lock down ive been putting in distance more than climbing and dropping
my summer tyres are currently ardent and high rollers
i wanted something even more suited to road/gravel and blasting around dirt tracks in the woods
i was looking at what maxxis had on sale and had pretty much decided on a forekaster up front and...i think it was either an Ikon or ardent race rear
they had all of these on sale for under £30 if you werent overly picky about sizes
however i found the continental trail king on CRC for less than 30 each also,so went with a set of them
I’ve have protection and black chilli tyres before and they where great. I did invisage somthing with slightly more central tread mind.
Yep, they are great tubeless. Not sure what you are doing on gravel to require central tread but the Race King has enough central tread for gravel and the X King has even more. Either of those are fast rolling on gravel in my experience.
Vittoria Saguaro might be worth a look. The TNT version is great where flint is a problem.
I have tubeless WTB Nano 2.1s on my Vagabond and am impressed with them
Went for a ride round my local today, a mixture of short road sections, gravel tracks and some single track which is a mixture os hard packed, sand with lots flint thrown in for good measure. Perhaps I would be better of with a decent pair for xc tyres rather than looking towards the gravel bike tyre options? Perhaps a racing Ralph and a racing Ray? I have some some older Ralph's and they where very think and the flints cut them easy, since they like £45 a tyre I'm reluctant to try them again. Hopefully the pictures work.
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Schwalbe Thunder Burt front and rear. I absolutely love those tires and its how I know Summer is on its way 🙂 I ride a lot of gravel double track and fire road and Thunder Burts are great for it - light and fast rolling and. Absolutely useless on wet, rooty singletrack though.
Just realized you already tried RRs.
Perhaps I would be better of with a decent pair for xc tyres rather than looking towards the gravel bike tyre options?
Yes, the Continental Protection Race king or X king as suggested. Bit much for gravel but great on easy single track, a good weight and don't puncture when tubeless (or mine didn't in over a year of riding every week)