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Road Tyre advice (for a newbie)
Hi,
Took out my Scott Speedster for a ride recently - I usually am an off roader but it was great being on the road and having a proper workout. Tyres are a bit 'Gravelly' for me and think I'd ride better with thinner ones. What do you advise?
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what do you mean gravely? general range for a roadbike like yours would be a 23 or 25mm potentially at a push 28mm with enough clearance. Wider is the current trend with most i'd imagine running 25mm i'd go 28mm if i could. Wider should be more stable.
If you're an offroader who is used to running tubeless, and the rims you have are tubeless ready, then I would suggest something like schwalbe pro-one tyres or the 300mm schwalbe G-one tyres if you can fit them.
Assuming the rims you have are not tubeless ready, then I'd go for conti GP4000Sii tyres, which are generally very highly regarded
I bought a pair of the GP 400 SII and whilst even to my untuned sensibilities they rolled incredibly well, two rides resulted in 2 punctures and that was the end of that, as they were a proper nightmare to get on and off my wheels (HED Ardennes Plus). At that point I decided tubeless was the way forward as these wheels were tubeless ready and I haven't looked back since.
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