Favorite big volume, supple and light

[stephenmarklay]

What is your tire of choice? I am thinking between 35-42 for size.

[skouri1]

700 or 650? my experience is limited to gravel king SKs in 700x38... not very light, like em, but curious to hear what others have to say as probably 90% of my riding is on roads and the other 10 on mtb trails i'm debating going to the lighter slick.

[R3awak3n]

Rene Herse. If you dont care for a bit more weight, gravel king.

[xnetter]

If you're taking 700c, the R. Herse Barlow Pass EL is the obvious choice. in 650b, it would be the Baby Shoe Pass.

KJ

[sparky33]

Rene Herse.

Yes.
I like them all. Most recently on endurance casing Hurricane Ridge.

[BRad704]

If you're taking 700c, the R. Herse Barlow Pass EL is the obvious choice. in 650b, it would be the Baby Shoe Pass.

KJ

for a 38c road tire, I'll second the Barlow Pass.

[Oo0cH]

I'll put a "Plus one" in the Gravelking 38C Slick group, though I have yet to try reen hers' barlow pass. I find the Gravelking is plenty supple in my opinion, so I'm curious about the myth of compass tyres. (That new name is really stupid though). The only reference I have is the Challenge Grifo XS open tubular, that was horrible in puncture protection.

[thwart]

for a 38c road tire, I'll second the Barlow Pass.

Third.

They're durable, too.

[skouri1]

What is the deal with such slicks offroad. How much gravel (presuming its not sharp stuff) can they handle before getting torn to shreds? I know Jan Heine thinks you dont need knobs...but seems debatable to me

[spoonrobot]

What is the deal with such slicks offroad. How much gravel (presuming its not sharp stuff) can they handle before getting torn to shreds? I know Jan Heine thinks you dont need knobs...but seems debatable to me

Jan's thoughts on knobbies peg the BS meter and is more than likely due to his lack of non-gravel off-road experience. Dude needs to spend a few years on a MTB somewhere other than Seattle and re-evaluate.

I do a lot of mixed terrain stuff on slicks and have yet to have any issues wrt to durability. I've used gravelking slicks, Hetres and Babyshoe Pass tires and all have held up fine. The GK slicks are probably the most durable as they have a protection layer but really a lot of southeast gravel is dull and low propensity to cut up tires. Less traction in all areas than knobbies but no durability issues in my experience. I race exclusively on knobs.

[skouri1]

cool thanks, so basically just not railing corners or standing up /forward on steep stuff .