Hi, I have 2023 Endurace CF SLX 8 Di2, that has clearnce for 35mm gravel tires. Will they be enough for this unmaintained doubletrack road ? No mud, just lots and lots of stones 🙂 ?
thanks,
by theRockHead
Hi, I have 2023 Endurace CF SLX 8 Di2, that has clearnce for 35mm gravel tires. Will they be enough for this unmaintained doubletrack road ? No mud, just lots and lots of stones 🙂 ?
thanks,
by theRockHead
19 Comments
Nah
Enough for what? Surviving? Yes. Not puncturing? Possibly. Enjoying yourself? Absolutely not.
Tubes or tubeless?
Probably won’t be super comfortable either way. But tubeless would allow a little less pressure which should help.
That’s one of the few terrains I could see the 50mm gravel tires being beneficial on.
Personally, I wouldn’t abuse that bike with that surface, but that’s just me. I’d be looking at something heavier duty on like 42s or 45s for that.
Probably not
I was riding yesterday on a path almost exactly as this one and my 45 mm rugged tires kept sinking between that loose gravel. I couldn’t even imagine riding on that with a skinny 35 mm tires with almost no thread. Also keep in mind that if you ride semi fast, rocks will fly everywhere.
Yeah that’s nothing jus a normal British road 🤣
That’s pretty chunky, but doable.
on a mostly even route yes, mostly uphill likely no
Ok, thanks folks. New bike it is 🙂
This is fully MTB Terrain bro
For how long?
gravel too brutal
I’d go for it but I’m also bad at cycling and hate myself.
What was that chunkiest gravel ever post from last year? Lol
You will sink into the loose stone layer and be fighting for your life to move forward. That’s super big tire territory imo, like mountain bike tires.
Where’s the banana for scale. Are those boulders or pebbles? We need a banana here if we are to provide accurate advice.
No!
Yes, I ridden “baby heads” on 35, just takes focus and bike handling skills.