Looking at BBR it seems that if you can fit it, the Continental Race King Protection (50cm), is the best tire one can run when looking at the combination of rolling resistance, puncture resistance. A bit of a weight penalty but this tire seems to cover all the angles, on paper. I wonder if any ser…

I did a local 100k gravel race today on my checkpoint running the Race King front and Pathfinder pro 47 rear. Pretty tame course, but ~90% gravel and fairly sloppy/loose in places with recent rain. Very pleased with how this setup performed. I felt like they were an advantage in lots of places th…

Was that the Come and Grind it, race? I met the guy that got 2nd in the come and take it, at the rattle snake gravel grind last weekend and had a chance to pick his brain quite a bit. Great choice on the tire set up and solid NP! Jealous of the corner confidence. The front TB seems to be lacking it,…

[image] Trix8806: Was that the Come and Grind it, race? Yep, that was it. Not doing Jailbreak, next weekend will be Castell Grind. Always fun, but it will probably be even more of a road race dynamic than the race today. So many of the fast road racers have jumped into the gravel scene tha…

Schwalbe RX Pro on front review: I set my fastest time for 6 laps around my 7 mile dirt/gravel lake training loop with the 50mm RX Pro on the front to provide some needed cornering traction in the loose, tight, dirt/sandy sections. I averaged 17.1 mph. This tire replaced an S-Works Pathfinder that…

FWIW coworker picked up the new Fast Trak and Air Trak in the Flex Lite casing in the 2.35s and mounted them up to 29.5 internal rims (Rovals) a few days ago. They measured 2.25 out of the box aired up and he let them sit overnight and in the sun all day at around 40 psi to stretch them. They hit ab…

Quite possibly? So much crossover these days with running mountain tires on wide rims for gravel and fast rolling tires on even wider rims (and possibly drop bars) for XC.

Tracer 700 x 50 cat 1 results. Cat 2 soon. [IMG_8195]

Hmm. They appear to be rather.. mediocre?

Dunno yet. Cat 2 / medium rough track gets the really meaningful results… the cat 1 is interesting and like 5 minutes from my house so it’s always in the mix

Is a MTB tire the fastest and best tire for Gravel racing?

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BillyWaldman March 31, 2025, 10:17am 1243

You sure this shouldnt be in the are mountain bike tires on mtb rim the fastest for mtb bikes thread?

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Is a MTB tire the fastest and best tire for Gravel racing?

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