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 might be a bit confused by naming conventions, but is the TB SG 2.1 that BRR has just tested as very poor performing (yesterday) the same one that tops your chart? [image] MTB Tire Test: Schwalbe Thunder Burt Super Ground Addix Speed Rolling resistance and puncture resistance review o…

[image] gloscherrybomb: I might be a bit confused by naming conventions, but is the TB SG 2.1 that BRR has just tested as very poor performing (yesterday) the same one that tops your chart? Yes, same tire. I’ve tested them many times including pavement and I’m down around lowwww 0.0040 CRR ra…

It does seem like the results of the 2021 TB Super Ground on BRR is a bit of an outlier. I think that result also factored in to Dylan Johnson opting for the Super Ground. However Schwalbe have been claiming that the Super Race is faster and offers only marginally less puncture protection, so thei…

Call me picky, but the opening line of the conclusion for this Thunderburt on BRR is that they are not impressed… Yet then it scores 4/5 and it’s recommended??? And they recommend the super race carcass yet it’s one of the previous super ground tyres that comes out well?? Are they splitting hairs …

4/5 isn’t good when looking at the top end of tyre results, so I assume when they say unimpressed, they mean versus expectation (and the fact they come up so heavy versus advertised). I guess the fact it is so overweight suggests there could be a lot of manufacturing variance, and maybe you need to…

The manufacturing variance is actually impressively low. The 3 tested Thunder Burts are respectively 65, 66 and 63 g over specified weight! So that doesn’t seem to be the issue. Interestingly, this seems to only be an issue with the Thunder Burt, all the other Schwalbe tires are more or less to spe…

Did someone post Drew’s video yet? [What is the Fastest Gravel Tire? The Answer Might Surprise You]

I had to turn it off pretty quick, I’ve been hoping someone here would post a summary.

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

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crandallGA May 10, 2025, 7:29pm 1386

Worth reminding; the 2021 TB SG was tested with a tube and the CRR values modified against a conversion factor to estimate tubeless CRR.

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

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