James
Curious if you find any significant difference in durability for road
riding between the GravelKings and the RH 700x35s or 38s.
Not many (if any) goats head thorns where I live, and pretty smooth paved
roads.
I'm looking for something in the 35-40mm range, and correspondingly
My Rambo is currently running Panaracer Pari-Motos 650bx42's actual width
on Velocity A23's. I love these tires on this bike and it has become my
gravel/all-rounder. I have the Tektro 559's set so I can easily switch over
to 700c and usually run 35mm in that size. Although it will take 38 the
I'm a light rider and have run Rene Herse tires in 26, 28, 32, 35, 38 and
48mm widths over the same terrain which is mostly paved roads. Starting at
either end of the spectrum, the 26's felt like ice-skating in the best
scenario but would flat if I even looked at a gravel road. I wasn't willing
I have to say that the 559 labeled-32 but measure-27 (skinny rims) RH Elk
Pass tires are the nicest 26" road tires I've used and, in fact, the nicest
road tires of any size I've used, gauging by "feel" of speed* and feel of
smoothness.
* I personally have never associated buzz or harshness with
Recently placed some 35mm (33mm measured width) Schwalbe Marathon Supremes
on my Sam, and am surprised at how nicely they ride at 35-40 PSI.
Was riding 43mm GravelKing SS (not SS+, and not SKs), which were also nice.
But I didn’t need the side mini-knobs, as I do not ride off-road, and the
My custom Riv--designed for long rando rides uses a 650b x 42 mm tire
(currently Grand Bois Hetre EL). I love them. My Roadeo uses 700c x ~31mm
Grand Bois Cypres EL. It is not as smooth riding as the 42 mm tires, but I
am still very comfortable and don't feel like I "need" wider tires. I've
For road riding on a compliant frame a 32-33mm feels "just right". Even a
liitle more narrow is good. My favorite tires these days is a Schwalbe
Marathon Racer 35mm which measures 32-33mm on a Mavic A719 @37-42 PSI. I
don't notice them, and that's the point. This is with my Franklin road
bike.
Thanks Eric! It is a sun xcd with 44/28 rings, suntour cyclone up front
and 9 speed ultegra in the back. The lugged stem makes me so happy every
time I ride. I bought the bike from a list member and rebuilt it with
parts I had been saving. I was deep into the old riv readers while putting
I find 38-44mm to be the sweet spot for me for road (and road-ish) riding,
including brevets but certainly not including crit racing. I can see
wanting narrower if you need that razor-sharp handling and instant power
transfer for fast, tightly packed peloton racing but otherwise the only
35 Gravel King slicks on the Roadeo, 38 Gravel King slicks on the BMC
Monstercross, 38 SOMA Supple Vittesse (measure 35, but tall) on the Bob
Jackson, 35 Bontrager somethings on the Poprad. Sometimes the GK tires on
the Roadeo seem wide because the front end handling seems to change a bit
Thanks for all the takes. Glad to see everyone's into going for plump tires
:)
Jamin, love that maroon bar tape and the general setup of your Homer.
Lugged stem and seatpost! What's size rings do you have on your crank?
Looks like a SunXCD. I'm considering putting Suntour barcons on my
This doesn't really speak to tire width, but I continue to be impressed by
the RH knobby offerings. I love feeling confident that I can ride all day
on pavement, gravel or even singletrack and the tires perform admirably on
all surfaces. They're surprisingly fast, quiet, and feel great. I have
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