Gravel / Gravé / Gnarmac / Groad / ATB

No I meant, primarily what surface?

If you're mostly off-road then I'd worry less about having knobby tyres. If you're mostly on-road I'd look for tyres with smaller knobbage. That's what I mean. Have a think about what surfaces you're mostly on for which way to go for tyre choice.

Like you can get wider tyres but if they have fine knobs or a decent central pattern and thinner sidewalls they won't necessarily be slower than some stiff sidewalled skinnier tyre. But then you might not wanna run them over jagged rocks and stuff.

I’m in the same camp here.
Still looking for 650b x 2.1 knobblies that aren’t death slow on tarmac for the MS.

G-one bites. I commute on the road on those pretty happily if I want to retain the option to disappear off road

Don’t Gravel Kings come in a 650x54mm?

I've had maxxis ikons, then schwalbe thunder burts, now rolling on rene herse untanum ridge extralight. I think untanum ridges roll similar to thunder burt but offer a little bit more grip offroad.

In general i'd recommend thunder burt or untanum ridge if you wanna go fancy.

P.S. also had ultradynamico mars on my other bike - they don't roll that good. Switched to Conti race kings on that bike.

Just picking up on the comments about switching between 700c and 650b and also decent 650b tyres at 2"+ sizes.

I've been running Continental Race King and Cross King at 2.2" width all summer and they are surprisingly quick on the road, with good, predictable road manners and are really great off-road. I've just switched to 650b with Conti Cross King at 2.2" at both ends and they feel great. Loads of grip off-road, good cushioning and a good feel on the road as well.

I was using 700x40c WTB Nanos last year and kept bottoming out the rims, so switched to the Continental Cross King/Race King combo in 29" x 2.2". These were great, but the bike felt quite "large" on them, as they raised the bottom bracket quite a bit, so I was having trouble getting a foot down if I needed to bail in technical stuff. I suppose a dropper might have been the answer, but instead I built up a set of 650b x 2.2" wheels.
These measured up at almost exactly the same diameter as the Nanos, so restored the nippy feel of the big wheels, but with the added cushioning of the large volume tyres.

Going form 40c to 2.2" on the same sized wheel definitely made the steering a bit slower, so it all worked out really well.

In my head I think I get more pedal strike using the 650B but maybe the Tripster is just low bb.
My main reason for moving back to 700C though would simply be that's what the missus has and carrying different spare tubes, etc is dumb. But I have dynamo 650B so I'm not likely to change any time soon. If I can get this Bokeh for her with 650Bs then that solves that problem.
I have the 29er now too so I'm more likely to go back down from 50mm+ tyres on the gravel bike to something more like 42 or 45mm for the higher portion of road use.

I definitely get more pedal strike, I noticed it straight away after switching, but it's easy enough to adapt.

Yeah, I don't like pedaling anyway.

Gravel is dead
https://www.lamborghini.com/en-en/models/huracan/huracan-sterrato

They are way up my list :)

Needs tan walls

And a blue SID

This is as close as I could get

Do 650Bs fit? It's not gravel otherwise.

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‘Seen in the LFGSS golf club driveway’

No handlebar bag?

Strapped to the steering wheel obvs

A different beach today. California no less, no not that one.

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Take the cheeky side road he thought, it'll be fine... 🙄

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almost dry

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Is that second rider carrying a Christmas tree home?

Are the light dots misteltoe?