while we’re talking tires…good compromise between gravel and slick?

[Tania]

Got a super fun new bike and it came with Schwalbe Sammy Slicks 35s. No issues with them really although I put my Michelin Pro 4’s on there the other day because I had planned to get up stupidly early and ride some hills with the Bikenetic crew. I slept in instead.

Anyway, the Pro4’s are still on there (23’s) and coming in this am I was hesitant to hop off the W&OD and onto the gravel side track (sad face). It’s a beautiful afternoon and I’d like to go up the C&O to Chain Bridge and then suffer up 41st but…skinny Pro 4’s and I only have one tube with me.

Again, no issues with the Schwalbes, just wondering if there’s a better middle ground tire that lets me take some super fun detours on my super fun new bike during my daily commute.

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[huskerdont]

@Judd 182991 wrote:

Boo. Hope the doggo is okay.

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He’s practically bionic at this point. Both knee joints rebuilt with metal plates. But this time it’s diabetes. Boo indeed.

[Tania]

I won a (single) WTB Riddler 37c a while back and decided to get a second Riddler in 45c for Croatan. Set them up tubeless yesterday (45 front, 37 rear) and they are pluuuuuuuuuush. They’re at whatever pressure was needed to get the beads to pop (so relatively high) and even then I felt like I cruising through the potholes in Georgetown and along Penna Ave.

[Judd]

@Tania 188705 wrote:

I won a (single) WTB Riddler 37c a while back and decided to get a second Riddler in 45c for Croatan. Set them up tubeless yesterday (45 front, 37 rear) and they are pluuuuuuuuuush. They’re at whatever pressure was needed to get the beads to pop (so relatively high) and even then I felt like I cruising through the potholes in Georgetown and along Penna Ave.

I think I need to hear the story about how you won a single tire.

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[Tania]

@Judd 188719 wrote:

I think I need to hear the story about how you won a single tire.

¯_(ツ)_/¯

Totally can’t remember! Possibly GRUSK two or three years ago?

[huskerdont]

@Tania 188705 wrote:

I won a (single) WTB Riddler 37c a while back and decided to get a second Riddler in 45c for Croatan. Set them up tubeless yesterday (45 front, 37 rear) and they are pluuuuuuuuuush. They’re at whatever pressure was needed to get the beads to pop (so relatively high) and even then I felt like I cruising through the potholes in Georgetown and along Penna Ave.

I’d be interested to hear how well they last. I just read a review of an $8,500 titanium Moots that had the Riddlers on it (the bike, not the review). They said the tire cut up easily, but they were using it offroad.

Review for anyone interested:

https://www.roadbikereview.com/reviews/moots-routt-45-review

[Tania]

Ha! They mention the Bruce Gordon Rock N Roads, which are the tires I took off to replace with the Riddlers (for Croatan). I do love my RnR’s!

[GP_Slowride]

@Tania 188728 wrote:

Ha! They mention the Bruce Gordon Rock N Roads, which are the tires I took off to replace with the Riddlers (for Croatan). I do love my RnR’s!

I’m eyeing a set of those, along with others (mainly the Rene Herse Pumpkin Ridge) for C&O trips but they are a tiny bit narrower than I’d like. I did an overnight last year on WTB Horizons and it was orders of magnitude better than the 700x35s I rode for ~700 trail miles before that.

[Author]

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