Panaracer GravelKing Slick TLC Folding Tyre

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At 309g per tyre it's pretty light, and only 19g heavier than the 32mm version. Meanwhile the 38s give a slightly bigger jump at 337g, so you could argue these are the sweet spot for weight versus width. Certainly they're a lot lighter than the outgoing 40mm Schwalbe G-One All Round tyres that came with my all-roads/gravel bike, which are about 480g. Our own very low rolling resistance as the premium compound. Its enhanced wear resistance makes it perfect for a long lasting training tyre with an excellent ride. Front doesn’t show much wear, but the rear has lost all the bumps in the center. I’m guessing it probably has quite a few more miles left in it, but I haven’t found any reference for wear markers. Price I figured I'd use this fast-acting sealant, which is capable of plugging bigger holes than the standard option, as I was expecting rough conditions over the winter, but I needn't have worried – or if they have punctured I've not noticed it. So it's a win-win. The combination of genuine gravel trails, cobbles, off road and on road riding gave the tyres, not just a good going over for each geographical element, but also how well they transition from one to another, and I have to say I was really impressed with the balancing act that thePanaracer Gravelking SK TLC gravel tyre managed to perform.

I found fitting these a bit of a nightmare, though that could just be my Hunt rims. Getting that last bit of tyre over the rim was nigh on impossible with conventional means. Tyre levers were useless (I actually broke one before giving up), and in the end it took soapy water on everything and a pair of grippy rubber gloves to roll the tyre over the edge. Not fun.Through muddy clay puddles and slop, I found myself often going sideways, which might be a sensation familiar to cyclocross riders, but doesn’t make for the most confidence-inspiring ride, especially when you hit a patch of mud at speed. You can forget trying to turn on really wet mud too. First thing I should mention is that for me they are not that wide of a tire. My rims have a 17 mm internal width, and these measured 26.55mm when first installed. Now I have about 1500 miles on them, and they have expanded to about 27.24 mm. It’s good they are not wider as my frame clearance wouldn’t work with more than a mm wider. My 25mm GP4000 were measuring just a bit over 28mm when I removed them. How’s the ride? The criteria for selecting the tyres to test was a wheel size of 700c and a tyre width between 38mm and 45mm.

Given these shortcomings, we feel our grip test, combined with the knob height measurements, will still be valuable information when comparing tires.On the road they felt amazing, the comfort of a large volume tyre on a carbon gravel bike is really welcome. On mixed surfaces they didn't inspire much confidence. This compound has the same low rolling resistance as the Ultima compound. Its enhanced wear resistance makes it perfect for a long-lasting training tyre with an excellent ride. tofudog415 wrote: I use the 38 mm (622-40) Terreno Zero as my rear tire. When new, it inflated to about 39 mm on a 21mm ID rim. After six months, it has stretched out a bit to about 40.5mm. I typically have 38-40 psi in it. I have punctured it once since I installed it, but it was one of those stealth punctures that sealed without my knowledge. Only discovered it when I was pumping up the tire and noticed an abnormally low starting pressure. For more about our grip test, and how the knobby tread pattern affects the test results, we have more information here. As for their puncture resistance, I can only say I'm still running on the first lot of sealant – about 40-50ml per tyre – and I've had no leaks, burps or slashes to deal with, so the Advanced Extra Alpha Cord and the Anti-Flat Casing would seem to be doing their jobs of resisting all intruders.

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Puncture Force Blunt Needle: The Blunt needle has a flat tip and won't split the casing wires. To puncture the tire, the blunt needle has to cut the casing wires. ZSG Natural Compound: This compound has the same low rolling resistance as the premium compound. Its enhanced wear resistance makes it perfect for a long lasting training tire with an excellent ride.

Ultra-strong reinforcing material is wrapped around the whole tyre with nylon taffeta lining the treads to provide added protection against side cuts as well as punctures from dented rims or piercings. Set a pair up on my Mavic all-roads and they were a pig to inflate, I had to resort to C02 instead of the tubeless specific floor pump I use.AX technology uses extremely narrow cord which is weaved at a super high density into the casing for lightness and flexibility. This increased density improves resistance to cuts and abrasions. The sidewalls of the Panaracers aren't porous, and I didn't have any issues with sealant leaking out when first inflating to the recommended 60psi maximum pressure.