Hi guys!
Im excited to go on my first adventure. Will be 5 days, 70km/day. Route is 90% road 10% dirt.
Took my bike to service, and tires required replacement. Cause of my intended route I selected new tires based on its profile. However, when I arrived home I found out these are lightweight tires for "triathlon".
Model: https://www.ereresearch.com/products/ere-tenaci-cc-tlr-black
My previus tires had capacity of holding up to 5 bar of pressure, while the new ones can up to 3.5bar (written in the tire itself). However in the specifications (link above) it says up to 5,
Bar, but recomended 4bar.
I'm concerned, as I'll travel a bit heavy cause I'm camping and I don't have high end lightweight equipment.
Picture of the loaded bike attached. Also I weight 86kg.
Please let me know if my concern is valid and what should I do.
I searched a bit about this, but couldn't find info, mostly tire reviews good/bad and how to choose tire profiles but not much about pressure.
Thanks guys ❤️
by Ivo6267
1 Comment
Or you put the wrong link in your description or you didn’t read it, because it literally says:
“Gravel racing and dirt road riding require an aggressive tyre capable of rolling through rough conditions and gripping where regular road tyres stop. The Tenaci tubeless tyre has a fast-rolling tread pattern that provides traction on varied unfinished surfaces and features bead to bead **Armis 2** at protection to fend off the debris and sidewall cuts in the search for adventure miles. ”
I think you are mistaken with the TLR, that just means tubeless ready.
Are they the best tire of gravel, no but they are perfect for what you need them to be and they are not triathlon tires.
As for the pressure use a calculator ( [https://silca.cc/pages/app-tire-pressure-calculator](https://silca.cc/pages/app-tire-pressure-calculator) ), how bigger the tire how much lower the pressure:
**Rear Tire BAR** 3.1
**Front Tire** **BAR** 3.05
That’s for 38mm tires and system weight (rider+bike+equipment) of 110kg.