Hi guys, i was planing on buying some Rene Herse Barlow Pass for my 3t Exploro Racemax with 3t Discus C45 wheels (25 internal, 32 external). Do you have any experience with this setup? Wondering if the RAM is too big for the rear cutout…i am running Pirelli cinturato Gravel M 622x40 at the moment and there is just 2-3 mm space left between the tube and the tire.
Any other suggestions for a fast slick? My profile is 60 percent decent to rough road, light dry gravel.
My 36 mm Strada Bianca Pro measure 38 mm on 25 mm (inside) rims. Those are fast, comfortable, and much tougher than RH tires. They're difficult to mount the first time but stretch in a short time.
The Gravel King is a lot cheaper and performs well but punctures easily.
The Barlow Pass should measure about 40 mm on those rims, plus or minus a bit depending on casing and pressure.
stu wrote: The Gravel King is a lot cheaper and performs well but punctures easily.
I have found the standard GK SS in 38c to be quite fast as well and neither I nor my wife have had any issues with punctures. It is my goto tire when riding a majority of pavement. The GK+ is pretty robust, but slow and not very compliant.
both look great at the brr test, i am really curious about the suppleness of the strada bianca pro. is there a difference between the pro and the tlr? or just different build years?
I'm using the SBP tube version, BRR tested the TLR version. I think what counts is "Pro", that's a handmade casing with fine threads. The SBP also comes in 40 mm, both tube and TLR.
mtbnut87 wrote:I have found the standard GK SS in 38c to be quite fast as well and neither I nor my wife have had any issues with punctures. It is my goto tire when riding a majority of pavement. The GK+ is pretty robust, but slow and not very compliant.
I'm sure puncture resistance depends a great deal on circumstances. I've been unlucky enough to have experienced many punctures even with the Plus version. However it was much better than either the Barlow Pass (Extralight) or the Soma SV (EX).
Challenge is kinda like Schwalbe when it comes to buying their tires. It's way confusing for someone with multiple brain injuries.
Some are vulcanized, some are tubeless tubulars (HTLR, what you probably want) some are open tubulars (tube type), and then they sprinkle in plain ol tubulars too. It doesn't help that some tires on their website use the wrong picture for the description.
I tried saving a few bucks by buying from a euro site that was Google translated and ended up with the wrong version.
The tufo guys are building a speed version, the speedero…from brr results the thundero look quite impressive for a gravel tire. Speedero supposed to be even faster…
