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amey
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Paying 400# a tyre and STILL having to sacrifice 2mm?!
You and others have been plugging the racing ray to me, maybe I will just have to give in and accept this is the only choice, there is no 50c bmx looking, dream tyre which isn’t 50kilos and pretty much rigid
Really wish terravail would make the rampart in 50c
Maj
700x50 slick-ish/fast rolling tyres which have good puncture protection?
currently using a WTB nano which is a great sweet spot for "robust enough for running tubes, but not feeling completely shit" and is great for off road/bimbling green belt. ideally something like that but with a slicker center tread would be nice.
Gravel king SK's are in this kind of vibe but 700x50 black ones seem to require importing, the idea of not only paying retail for gravel kings, but possibly fees is not filling one with joy
G1's are the obvious choice, but before running them tubeless on my old bike they were a bit too puncture prone for the the city (cannot go tubeless on current rims).
on the other end of the spectrum i've had a good time using conti sport contacts, but they only go to 40? i guess there is the big ben and super moto in this range of "urban slicks which are dull but puncture proof".
most "nice" tyres seem to cap out at 40/42, then resume again at 2.2 , the "trendy sizes"