Originally Posted by
PharmD
I just found out a 157 mile race I am doing in 3 weeks has a 6 mile section of gravel and dirt that was mentioned nowhere until now. I was planning on riding my 23mm GP4000s until I heard about this section...would going to 25mm help at all? I feel stupid worrying about this. I just finished the Crusher in the Tushar...but that was on a cross bike with 35mm tires. I've never even tried to ride my road bike on gravel.
If it's just six miles in 157, I'd just use my regular tires and muddle through. 25mm will help, but might be slower for the rest of the 151 miles. If it's not a real race, I'd go with larger tires. If it is a race with a wheel car and all that, I would probably just risk it with my normal racing tires.
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