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snoops
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.