Gravel / Gravé / Gnarmac / Groad / ATB

Do you (or anyone else) have any suggestions for this area route wise?

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I don't actually ride outside in this country any more. I'll have a look but almost certainly I've only done road out that way. Gravel stuff I've tended to go south or west or into town and north (coz all my routes are from @giofox :))

Oh, we did have a little play in Ruislip Woods once - is that in the area above?

https://ridewithgps.com/routes/32963220

This one I have in my routes but don't think I've ridden. Must've grabbed it to test out:

https://ridewithgps.com/routes/33114011

Yeah looks to be, I obviously have to check off the tiles but looking to take sections from what people enjoy is a good start :)

I'm trying to join these two routes and RWGPS keeps crashing. Pile of fucking shit. #csb

No gravel in Whizzndraw.

surely someone has to get a route going to gravel hill there...

could use some of this route

https://www.strava.com/routes/2871459546245490260

I’ve been running Touareg for a while, great tires, really tough and surprising grip levels off road. The best gravel tire I’ve tried, and there’s been a few.

I’ve found they’re pretty true to size. (I’ve been running the 700x40) would highly recommend. Bit slow on road though due to the thickness and toughness. (Compared to g one “soft tissue protection” all round) for instance

The review I read marked it down due to stiffness, I would much rather have a a bit of souplesse for a tyre that doesn’t get loads of cuts and punctures.

Cheers. It's for touring in Scotland so if I had a choice between putting out 50W more to push some heavy tyres vs. fucking around trying to get a flat tyre fixed in the pissing rain, I'd take the former every time. If I was racing I'd be prepared to risk flats for speed but touring, fuck that.
I was thinking another Cinturato (but skinnier) for my bike and G-One Ultrabite for the front of the grrl's for the grip but

I had 2 massive tubeless disasters (quite small cuts that just wouldn’t seal,m - rear then front ) on cinturato M in maybe 3-400 miles. Have done about 800 miles on touareg with front set up tubless and rear tubed. Have had 2 flats on rear (1 pinch 1 thorn) and no issue on front. Time to replace the rear (too many skids) and going to set it up tubless. Cinturato M probably rolls a little better on road, but felt squirmy in corners as it transitions between middle ridge and side nobs. off road, Touareg similar levels of grip apart from in really wet mud or clay when it’ll get clogged up fast. If anything though I think the closer pattern helps the toughness of the Touareg.

I would choose the Touareg over the cinturato every day. The rolling resistance difference is minor, and easily forgotten when you’re not stranded, covered in pink latex with a fucked £60 tire due to a bit of flint.

I just put on Goodyear Connectors in 650b ... great tyre so far. Loads of grip, roll fast and pretty quiet on road.

The this must have been really much nicer with fewer cars ride on a Saturday morning; (especially Stanley Kubrick‘s road , before he moved out). The other being around the Morris house in Bexley. But if you insist I have the GPS.

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Yes please that’d be handy.

Odd. I've been using mine on mostly very rocky stuff with no issues.
The Touaregs are a fair bit cheaper but Sigma don't have any stock of the 700Cs so I'll have to look elsewhere or go for something else.

Thought you were looking for 650x47?

650x47 for my bike, 700x45-50 for hers

I've ordered a Tourareg for mine and she's getting a 50mm tanwall G-One Ultrabite

some choice #nogravel near loch lomond/glasgow today

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2 x for gravel? What century are we in?!

don't make me tap the (now deleted) 'just get an Arkose' subtitle

Did all the nogravel reports from the North London Dirt come in already?

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I had to remove it, as it was giving people false hope

I saw an interesting photo of the trail conditions on @dimi3 's Strava feed

Don't think I follow him on Strava, but I suspect it involved an half submerged 4x4

Seems like everyone was out riding that route today

half submerged 4x4

Yep, that's the one :-)