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@Chaley
Next up Mavic AllRoad SL 650b with Teravail 650x46b Washburn (L&S)
First of all the MS was built for this size wheel, so I was expecting a lot tbh.
The Mavic wheels are super lightweight, stiff and bloody great to be totally honest. They should be, as new they were a shit ton of cash. They were a misspelling on eBay bargain. Anyway paired with the teravails they are still pretty light.
I run them at 35-40psi and they are noticeably slower and draggier (is that a word?) on the road, but not on the towpath. They lead me on to real gravel and they are just fine, they have much more bite and can put up with deep mud and tougher roots and the odd poorly landed bunny hop over things. If you are heading out to the grav grav you can put up with an ever so slightly slower ride to get there. And the toe overlap is gone, meaning I could get a bit more technical. Definitely more fun to be sure. And no burps, but a few more holes that the sealant had to fill, I’m putting that down to the terrain though.
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