Originally Posted by
jaxgtr
Yours looks good man. Just a horse of another color as they say.
Will do, they have a slightly deeper more spread out knob pattern to handle looser\muddy surface, but not mountain bike tire depth, but they feel pretty smooth going around the neighborhood. I too am interested in how they will be longer distance. I am already questioning if I should have gone with the Cinturato Gravel H instead which is a much tighter smaller knob pattern. I have those on my FX and they are surprising fast on the road for a 40mm tire and just last night, I was like, hmmmm, should I swap them around. At the time I bought them, I said, no, I have dedicated road bikes now, no need, but you know how that goes, but could this be the one to rule them all ? I think as I ride more of the off road trails, that will give me a better feel if I made the correct decision.
I took mine on a 75 mile 7500 feet of climbing ride right after I purchased it. After all the trouble I had figuring out what size I needed the 58 fits me like a glove. The tires made it feel like a slug though on the flats. Surprisingly my climbing effort was matched to when I did the same ride on a Pino grevail. I have an 80 mm stem on mine as well and because of the geometry the front wheel will not have enough weight on it in descents. I couldn’t go any faster than 55 mph because I couldn’t put enough weight on the front wheel and it would start to get squirely. Once I find the right tire and or wheels I plan on riding this bike a lot more just in its current state it’s too slow. 200 watts I am only going 16 mph. I ride at 4 am so I stick to roads, I am looking forward to actually getting it on some gravel.