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Slim wrote: I just ordered a pair of Speedking Protection tires. I wanted tanwall, ~2.1”/54mm width and fast rolling with some knobs for a bit of traction, but nothing much needed, gravel roads only with a few paved…
Here’s my drop bar MTB. Currently shown with slicks but I have knobby tires on a second wheelset for gravel/singletrack. I have a “little” of a saddle to bar drop but I also have a dropper post so I can get more control…
Well if those were going on my gravel bike that would be something. Since these are on my drop bar MTB if I needed to run pressures that low, or needed that much traction in general, I could just swap to my 2.3 Minions
fargy483 wrote: Bruce Gordon rock n roads !!! 🤘700🤘48🤘 they are sofa king good. Had no idea they even made one in that size. But 705g for that size....
Update: Got both Fleecer Ridges in standard casing. Will see how these work for me, but I do like what I see so far. And they aren't as big as I thought they would be, which for me is actually a plus.
I’m honestly thinking since I can’t decide between the two that I’ll just get both and have the Oracle Ridge as a faster accelerating rear tire and the Fleecer as a larger volume front tire.
The main thing that gives me pause about the SKs is the lack of lateral grip. Any time I lean these over in anything slightly loose or uneven they want to slide out. Wet slushy conditions means these get knocked off…
If there ice then I don’t think I will be riding my bike.
I’m not looking for a snow tire exclusively
On my drop bar MTB I have 2 wheelsets - a 25mm set with 700x50 Gravelking SKs for road/gravel, and a 29mm set with 29x2.3 Maxxis Minions. As I'm done with the MTB tires for this season, I'm pretty much gonna be stuck to…
In the same boat as you. I’ve exclusively owned gravel bikes / Hardtail MTBs and I barely ride anything considered “gravel”. That said I have no desire for a “proper road bike” either.
Well from my experience with the 700x50mm Gravelking SK it has been pretty good. I’m guessing the difference with the 650b x 48mm comes with the lack of rollover.
So update: I have the Gravelking SKs mounted to my new i29 wheels and let me just say - these roll sooooo well! Maybe the combination of changing wheels and tires led to this. What I will say is that the 50mm…
When I bought 650b wheels for my Giant Revolt late 2019 I didn't pay too much attention to rim width, I just wanted to get a pair of wheels that were well priced which is what I got. I did realize the rim width was 30mm…
I'm guessing I didn't do a lot of riding in those 3 years that involved a lot of dirt/sand. Maybe that's why I was able to get away with that...
Frame protection that is 😬 I just picked up a Giant Revolt Advanced 3 and I am coming off of a Giant Toughroad SLR GX 1. I always run protectors to stop cable rub around the headtube as standard, but what I'm curious…
Doub wrote: I have an older set of RaceKings on my Fargo. Good tires, but not that fast on pavement (and quick to wear out). I would throw Donnelly MSO 700X50s in your consideration set. 2.0 tire that rolls way faster…
ccand51997 wrote: If your gravel is not crazy, I would definitely try the Speedking Racesport. That is going to be my next purchase for gravel raceday (I use a liteskin/onestar Thunder Burt up front with the Raceking on…
I live in WNY and use Orange Seal Endurance sealant. Pretty much all I use consistently w/o issue.
Okaaaay well I kinda lied. The Race Kings came in and I decided that I’d try them. They measured both sub 600g (590g range) and they aired up tubeless pretty well. They didn’t seem to lose a lot of air like with the…