Best lightweight everyday use tire
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I want a light everyday tire (27.5") for commuting and training, so I don't want a race-day only tire. The tire is going to be used on both asphalt and gravel. Hope you guys have some experience with different tires, as I'm new to XC/asphalt-riding, so I've got no experience myself.
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Forgot to say that it has to be tubeless ready as well.
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Schwalbe smart Sam, or Kenda SB8 are both good on/off road compromise tyres. Right tyre for the job first, lightweight second!
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I think you can put Schwalbe Rocket Rons with no problems.
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Specialized Fast Trak in a 2.0 would work fine for you.
They setup tubeless really easily.
They setup tubeless really easily.
You'll get about 10 different answers as there are so many tyres that can handle a bit of road/ gravel mix. All are much of a muchness with only subtle compromises between each. Any 2.00-2.25 tyre in the 500-600g range that isn't a mud tyre will do fine. Most tyres are tubeless ready nowadays even if they don't claim to be. Pick anything from Spec/ Schwalbe/ Maxxis/ Bontrager/ Conti/ etc and you can't go wrong
Interestingly light weight is usually associated with a race day tire - so not really every day usage. Anyway, I'd go for anything that rolls easy on the asphalt, gravel you don't need too much knobs for either. Something like Continental Race King or Speed King (the newest one), Schwalbe Thunder Burt etc. would be my pick. Out of those, I'd go for the Race Kings, they have more than enough grip on gravel and roll pretty great on the roads as well!
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