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60 cm Salsa Cutthroat. I wanted bigger tires than my Warbird would fit, so Cutty it is. its maiden voyage was a 182mi/325 km overnight bike touring trip. Loved it. The 2.25 tires were a treat on some of the rough ATv…
I love the color scheme, gorgeous bike! and well done on the racing!
I put the 50mm Pirelli Cinturato M on my daughters bike. On her 23 mm rim it measures 52 mm at 24 psi, after one night of stretching. So, nice tire, but not for those who were looking for something less than 50mm wide.…
widerisfaster wrote: Tufo will release 700 x 48mm size to their gravel range next. Given their excellent test results and reasonable prices, that would be awesome!
Thanks folks. I have some hope that I’ll be able to patch the current tire, but if not, good to know there are some options out there.
Yeah, I saw that the Getaway comes in 45 now. That would have been nice last year, when I put the 40 mm in the rear! 😂 I ordered a TuFo Thundero 45 during winter to replace it, to get the volume I want. I was hoping…
Happened to a Maxxis Rambler of mine too. Tossed it. after all, it means there is a delam, and air is getting in there. Even if stealth plugs the holes, sooner or later a bigger rip will happen.
Hi, I ripped my R. Herse 48mm Ultralight , knobbies. Not super surprising, they are very thin. Will see how repair goes. What alternatives are there? 45mm tire has tons of room, 51mm is cutting it too close for my…
Sorry, they are race kings, not speed kings
DarKris wrote: they got here 4 days after the race. I have not seen the Speedkings in a tanwall or Protection casing, only racesport. Mind showing pics if you have some? I’ll try and remember tomorrow. it is a strange…
I have been loving the ride on the Getaway coming form the Gravelking SK. Fats and comfy.
I mounted a Getaway 40 HTLR on the front of my wife’s bike in the middel of last year, seems to have been doing well, but not too many rides on it (most of our gravel riding is in spring). I just got a 36 to put on the…
For use with their tire pressure calculator, Silca has a good pictorial guide to road surfaces. I think it is well done, and covers pretty much any level of roughness of riding surface I have seen.…
Yes, there is no hard and fast rule to say how tall your bottombracket should be. It all depends on riding style, terrain and preferces. Realize the bike will actually be more than 7mm lower once you are on it, because…
To answer the OP’s question, here is an example of a typical gravel road in our area (Northern Minnesota) Of course, conditions do vary, sometimes more washboard or potholes, sometimes smoother. Sometimes fresh, deep,…
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 bits, but no…
I had bought a RH Oracle Ride 48, extra light before reading this. I really like their tread pattern, makes sense to me. I mounted it on a Bontrager 21mm alloy rim, which has their molded plastic rim strip. I measured…
I too was disappointed with the BRR results for this tire. I had hoped that it was using a different casing, and perhaps faster rubber, to drop weight and rolling resistance compared to the Pro version. Afterall,…
shiggy wrote: Watch out for sidewall damage, especially while cornering. The sidewall of the tire is much more exposed (as is the rim) and less able to deflect impacts. I once mounted 32mm tires on 65mm wide rims (~59mm…
Nice to get some more options in the ~50mm size. Bikes have been steadily increasing in the tire clearance they have, but tire supply has been slow to catch up. The 35-40mm size is well catered to, and above 55mm you…