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Don't know if anyone happens to have experience of both these tyres.
The Crossroads you hardly ever hear anything about and saw them on a friends bike yesterday ... they looked brilliant with a decent center strip for harder / paved surfaces and yet some reasonable tread to the sides for anything looser and would imagine they'd probably do "OK" if you hit the odd patch of light mud and if you wanted the extra puncture protection there's an Armadillo version.
The Schwalbes you hear lots about but maybe that's because there's a reason and they're just good.
If anybody's got any input and ideally experience of one or both I'd be really interested.
The G-one on my rear wheel eventually seemed to just go kind of floppy, so they it wouldn't stay inflated as it kept burping. The front seems fine though. Not had a problem off-road, but it's been so dry up until recently that tread was irrelevant.
Lots of G-One versions about
I've got the 40mm Bites which I think were a special for the Canyon Grail. It's been fantastic since April, works well in lots of conditions, grips as much as it has a right to and rolls really well. I've said it in other threads but you do get a funny look when somebody on a slick road tyre has made a big effort to come past to see your on a tyre like that!!
Crossroads is wire bead only I think - probably really solid, but heavy.
G-ones are available in much lighter tubeless ready versions. I'm using the allrounds (40mm) for everything and they are what everyone says - quick on tarmac and surprisingly good offroad.
When I've worn through the back tyre I'll probably move the front to the back, and get a G-one bite for the front, to encourage even less appropriate behaviour for a drop bar bike. Yeah.
I have used older crossroads for touring on the tandem. Fine for mainly road use with occasional off road excursions. they are like ( the ones I have) a touring tyre with a bit off off road ability.
I looked at both but ended up going for Specialized Trigger Sports instead. Working great for me on mix of gravel paths, trail centre, mild mud and a bit of tarmac. Just to chuck something else into the mix.
I had looked at the G-one bites but with the pattern thought they'd probably not be much better than a low rolling resistance MTB tyre ... have I got that wrong???
The other I was interested in was the all-rounder and whilst we only hit very small patches of mud it's unavoidable in teh winter and wondered if they be a bit too slippery in any type of mud.
@tjagain ... Have you ever hit any light mud with them and if so what were they like .... all I'm looking for is something that'll get me through without the bike disappearing from underneath me rather than something that performs well in mud.
I was running Vittoria Voyager Hypers which were absolutely fine during the dry summer but had a couple of scary incidents since we've had a bit of rain and swapped back to MTB tyres which are probably overkill and doing more road mileage which they're not great for.
"I was running Vittoria Voyager Hypers which were absolutely fine during the dry summer but had a couple of scary incidents since we’ve had a bit of rain "
I'm in same boat. Even an surfaced towpath had me sliding this weekend. I really can't decide if the g-one all rounder will actually be any better
I really can’t decide if the g-one all rounder will actually be any better
Yes frustrating isn't it and without trying them you / we won't know, I'm really tempted with the bites but do question how much better they'd be than MTB tyres
I know with this hobby I'm going to end up with a permanently empty bank account and a garage full of tyres, saddles and various other bits and pieces that never get used 🙂
Apples and oranges, 2 completely different types of tyre. A light weight file tread compared to a fairly knobbly heavy tyre. If grip off road is primary concern they the cross roads will be far better. I used Continental Contact Travel which have a centre strip with knobs on the side and they were very good on easy off road. Also very puncture resistant but heavy.
I had looked at the G-one bites but with the pattern thought they’d probably not be much better than a low rolling resistance MTB tyre … have I got that wrong???
Either I should be trying out for team sky or they roll very well 😉
In the mud they have been ok, few slips here and there and a couple of step outs but nothing serious
I always have a poke around on Planet X if I'm looking for tyres. Considered the Clement Xplor? I've heard lots of good things about them. 40mm, folding, dual compound, 120tpi, £30 each.
https://www.planetx.co.uk/i/q/TYCLMSOXP/clement-xplor-mso-tyre
just ordered some G-ones so no useful input - ran some Specialized Crossroads a couple of years back and had problems with the side walls flexing and then puncturing* first time thought was a cut second time I realised dead tyre hadn't run to death just didn't seem to like running in gravel
* just in case specialized lawyers are around I didn't retain the packaging or check they were suitable for conditions or get a professional to check my installation so entirely operator error