Gravel / Gravé / Gnarmac / Groad / ATB

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hippy in reply to @PhilDAS

I found Horizons fine on the Chilterns stuff except for muddy sections where I'd just hit fast and hope to clear anyway and they're faster than knobbies on road obvs. They're still a drag compared to road tyres. I was thinking of using a road bike for my next gravel race. Just make it full on weight weenie roadie and then just walk everything technical. I wonder what difference to my speed it would make :)

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giofox in reply to @hippy

Assuming that'd be an endurance race, your body would take the biggest toll probably

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hippy in reply to @giofox

I was joking but the thought did cross my mind when wondering how much my missus could ride on 25mm road tyres. She just walks bits and I thought "Hey I walked stuff in Badlands, I could just walk a bit more stuff" but yeah, I also rode way more so it's definitely a false economy. Maybe for longer rides/races I'd think about going a bit skinnier, simply because the 50mm I have up front is pushing the clearance limits.