Gravel tires for a road bike
08-30-18, 09:06 AM
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I think you have some things to learn about forums. I'm not trying to mean but 1) you're way off topic on this specific thread and 2) you don't seem to understand why. There's obviously a lack of understanding here. Again, not trying to mean but hopefully moving forward this will help your posts not be questioned by other people so much.
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08-30-18, 10:27 AM
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I think you have some things to learn about forums. I'm not trying to mean but 1) you're way off topic on this specific thread and 2) you don't seem to understand why. There's obviously a lack of understanding here. Again, not trying to mean but hopefully moving forward this will help your posts not be questioned by other people so much.
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08-30-18, 11:06 AM
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Shoota, I have posted on multiple forums for many years. I have more posts than you have listed on “other” forums that I have posted on for 2 decades. I just do not think it is appropriate in any forum to disparage the posts of other posters, especially those who are new posters, obviously trying to learn. Obviously it takes a while to learn how to post pictures, edit....etc. in a new forum. I might encourage you to cut new posters a little slack vs attempting to make fun of their early posts, just saying! Double teaming a new poster seems particularly egregious.
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08-31-18, 02:08 AM
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I'm gonna have to try those SK 26mm! I need skinny gravel tires for graveling on a road bike, myself.
Currently running Kenda Kwick 320g because they fit. The side knobs get a little funny on pavement. I run them tubeless but they take about a week of airing them up and shaking your wheels to get 'em to finally seal up.
Gravel on the Lemond. Or the Lemond on gravel. by Lester Luallin, on Flickr
Currently running Kenda Kwick 320g because they fit. The side knobs get a little funny on pavement. I run them tubeless but they take about a week of airing them up and shaking your wheels to get 'em to finally seal up.
Gravel on the Lemond. Or the Lemond on gravel. by Lester Luallin, on Flickr
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Nice tire clearance on your BA. I have that also on my Tourmalet. It's one of my favorite features of the frame, and I thought it was like that on all Lemonds, and said so in a thread, but apparently the Trek-made steel fork models were the ones that had good clearance, not the earlier Bilato Bros ones, or the models that came with carbon forks.
I ride mine along RR tracks and on canal banks with some really tough 28mm Soma Everwear tires. I thought I could probably clear 32's, and it's nice to see you've done that.
Beautiful spot to ride, is that some kind of access road?
I ride mine along RR tracks and on canal banks with some really tough 28mm Soma Everwear tires. I thought I could probably clear 32's, and it's nice to see you've done that.
Beautiful spot to ride, is that some kind of access road?
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Nice tire clearance on your BA. I have that also on my Tourmalet. It's one of my favorite features of the frame, and I thought it was like that on all Lemonds, and said so in a thread, but apparently the Trek-made steel fork models were the ones that had good clearance, not the earlier Bilato Bros ones, or the models that came with carbon forks.
I ride mine along RR tracks and on canal banks with some really tough 28mm Soma Everwear tires. I thought I could probably clear 32's, and it's nice to see you've done that.
Beautiful spot to ride, is that some kind of access road?
I ride mine along RR tracks and on canal banks with some really tough 28mm Soma Everwear tires. I thought I could probably clear 32's, and it's nice to see you've done that.
Beautiful spot to ride, is that some kind of access road?
The Lemond is a 2001, Trek made, with carbon fork.
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08-31-18, 03:43 PM
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If you've been MTBing on a road bike with 23-25c slicks, then a 26c with some knobs will feel great. But sometimes I'm on 40mm semi-knobbies and that's not enough tire.
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09-01-18, 03:19 AM
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The tyres will absorb smaller hits and higher frequency chatter, but I find that even 2.2-2.3s can't deal with the bigger bumps, only a suspensension fork can do that.
Sometimes I ride short rocky singletrack segments on my gravel bike where i'm really underbiked and it can be fun, but going over rougher stuff for longer periods of time for me at least simply sucks.
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09-05-18, 09:33 AM
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I've riding 3000km on my road steel bike 700x26 gravel king tires, with zero flats, rear is almost worn out, I weight 200lbs.
IMHE it isn't a gravel tire, I choose it cause 10% of my ride is park lanes and channel paths and at all at the same pace I ride my Focus Mares, much less MTB.
Anyway it's a great road/easy trail tire.
IMHE it isn't a gravel tire, I choose it cause 10% of my ride is park lanes and channel paths and at all at the same pace I ride my Focus Mares, much less MTB.
Anyway it's a great road/easy trail tire.
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Not trolling, genuine question. How can you MTB with 23 slicks? I have 43s at the front and 40s at back that I ride at 30-35psi. If I go on a dirt road that has roots, rocks, some washboard, some bumps, smaller and bigger holes I just can't take it after a while. No matter how loose I hold the handlebars all those hits go straight into my neck, and it's so damn jarring.
The tyres will absorb smaller hits and higher frequency chatter, but I find that even 2.2-2.3s can't deal with the bigger bumps, only a suspensension fork can do that.
Sometimes I ride short rocky singletrack segments on my gravel bike where i'm really underbiked and it can be fun, but going over rougher stuff for longer periods of time for me at least simply sucks.
The tyres will absorb smaller hits and higher frequency chatter, but I find that even 2.2-2.3s can't deal with the bigger bumps, only a suspensension fork can do that.
Sometimes I ride short rocky singletrack segments on my gravel bike where i'm really underbiked and it can be fun, but going over rougher stuff for longer periods of time for me at least simply sucks.
09-13-18, 02:27 AM
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I've riding 3000km on my road steel bike 700x26 gravel king tires, with zero flats, rear is almost worn out, I weight 200lbs.
IMHE it isn't a gravel tire, I choose it cause 10% of my ride is park lanes and channel paths and at all at the same pace I ride my Focus Mares, much less MTB.
Anyway it's a great road/easy trail tire.
IMHE it isn't a gravel tire, I choose it cause 10% of my ride is park lanes and channel paths and at all at the same pace I ride my Focus Mares, much less MTB.
Anyway it's a great road/easy trail tire.
I'm not doing technical stuff, or any singletrack. Plus I have goadheads to worry about. I don't mind picking my way through the larger rocks, and often hit a few pretty solidly without any apparent damage.
It's all good if I'm on a good tough 28 mm tire, I actually enjoy it, for a couple miles anyway. No way I'd wanna do it all day though, that would definitely wear me out after 3-4 hours, most likely. But wouldn't that be a better workout? I dunno.
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09-14-18, 11:34 AM
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I didn't mention I have Gravel king 700x28 on my Eroica bike, 1980' Bianchi, but it's a bike I seldom ride. I bought them like some kind of cheap "strada Bianca" tires, paying less than 40€ for the pair. Anyway ultra comfy tires.
09-15-18, 04:42 PM
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For what it’s worth, I’ve had the Gravelking in a 28mm and a 32mm. Both measured about.5mm bigger on a wide rim.
They both rolled very nicely but I preferred the 32mm because I’m a big guy and the extra volume and lower psi really helped. Rail trail type gravel or the Minnesota definition of gravel roads are no problem but I’m positive any other slick tire would do as well. The GK file tread I s just a really nice tire.
Now I’ve just bought a pair of 32’s in the SK version which measure 33mm at 95psi and 32mm at about 60-80 psi. But the knobs give them a slightly taller profile. I’m hoping for better traction on rougher gravel but like others have said, a larger tire would obviously be better.
Maybe I’ll have to overcome the caliper brake limitation by converting it to disk brakes......
They both rolled very nicely but I preferred the 32mm because I’m a big guy and the extra volume and lower psi really helped. Rail trail type gravel or the Minnesota definition of gravel roads are no problem but I’m positive any other slick tire would do as well. The GK file tread I s just a really nice tire.
Now I’ve just bought a pair of 32’s in the SK version which measure 33mm at 95psi and 32mm at about 60-80 psi. But the knobs give them a slightly taller profile. I’m hoping for better traction on rougher gravel but like others have said, a larger tire would obviously be better.
Maybe I’ll have to overcome the caliper brake limitation by converting it to disk brakes......
09-30-18, 01:29 PM
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I've riding 3000km on my road steel bike 700x26 gravel king tires, with zero flats, rear is almost worn out, I weight 200lbs.
IMHE it isn't a gravel tire, I choose it cause 10% of my ride is park lanes and channel paths and at all at the same pace I ride my Focus Mares, much less MTB.
Anyway it's a great road/easy trail tire.
IMHE it isn't a gravel tire, I choose it cause 10% of my ride is park lanes and channel paths and at all at the same pace I ride my Focus Mares, much less MTB.
Anyway it's a great road/easy trail tire.
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