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10-02-20, 06:32 AM

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Originally Posted by Daniel S

thanks. I think I’ll try some Continental GP5000 32mm on my gravel bike first and see if I can keep With my road group. I have 28mm GP5000 on my road bike, so I will be comparing apples to bigger apples at least.
my situation is that it’s getting close to Being time to replace my road bike, but I recently got this shiny titanium “gravel” bike. My gravel bike leans towards a road geometry....so, if I could keep up on 32mm slicks on my gravel bike, maybe I don’t need a new road bike.

I did this on my gravel bike. I didn't find it performed well mounted on the original wheelset. Bought a set of DT Swiss ER1600 wheels that work so well I retired my road bike.

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