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Originally Posted by Ryan Coke
I get that for sure. Deep fresh gravel kind of sucks.
I just raced BWR Arizona, and loved it….like you described, it was a lot of smooth single track, and the gravel roads were firm dirt. Some loose sand was the challenging stuff, but there wasn’t too much of it. I would suggest maxing out tire volume. At this point I’m not sure if I will run less than a 45 tire on my Checkpoint.
I hear great things about the Aspero, although max tire clearance isn’t its strong suit. But wider tires make loose gravel more manageable.
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I looked at the tire width and I'm okay with 42mm max, I'm maxing out at a 40mm continental Terra depending on the course but have options at home to run GK32 and GK38 as well with various treads. Gravel is the new cyclocross for owning numerous tire/wheel options.