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Although I’m more in the camp that “gravel” bikes are a bit of a con, we should all still be riding cross bikes with 33-35c tyres.
I have 44c tyres on my bike currently and they just feel really heavy
My 650x47c are 401 grams, tubeless.
My wife has a 650x42c that is 373 grams, tubeless.
Nothing heavy about that, and they are full of squishy comfortable air.
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On top of that, the smaller wheels spin up a little faster than the bigger wheels, so 42mm can feel like it accelerates quicker than it look.
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I don’t want to be comfortable
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What are you using?
I have Pirelli Cinturo 700x45 and they supposedly have a decent rolling speed but are outrageously heavy (over 600g) each. I know weight shouldn't matter so much, but I can really feel the difference compared to Gravelking SK 700x38, which were around 400g IIRC. I'm also taking the bike on planes a reasonable amount, and always right on the edge of weight limit, so even a few hundred grams reduction here and there helps.
I'm also realising more and more that I simply don't need such big tyres 90% of the time as usually on road or dry hardpack). Tempted to do a gravel tyre multi-criteria decision analysis thing.
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Although I’m more in the camp that “gravel” bikes are a bit of a con, we should all still be riding cross bikes with 33-35c tyres.
I have 44c tyres on my bike currently and they just feel really heavy