Best Gravel Tyres 2023 | 11 Tyres Tested & Rated!
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Published 2022-03-04
Whether you're a keen gravel racer, a bikepacking adventurer or you're simply wanting to spend more time off-road, it's important to choose the right gravel tyre for your riding.
There's a huge number of gravel tyres out there on offer, and it can be confusing to know which ones are worth spending your hard earned money on.
We at BikeRadar have tested a huge amount of gravel tyres, but we've focussed this video on 8 of our all-time favourites, plus 3 more to also consider.
If you’re interested in learning more about any of the tyres featured in this video, then check the links below.
Best Gravel Tyres 2022:
→www.bikeradar.com/advice/buyers-guides/best-gravel…
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More about the tyres in this video:
Pirelli Cinturato Gravel M
→www.bikeradar.com/reviews/components/tyres/gravel-…
Bontrager GR1 Team Issue
→www.bikeradar.com/reviews/components/tyres/road-bi…
Continental Terra Speed
→www.bikeradar.com/reviews/components/tyres/gravel-…
Maxxis Rambler EXO TR
→www.bikeradar.com/reviews/components/tyres/maxxis-…
Schwalbe G-One R
→www.bikeradar.com/reviews/components/tyres/schwalb…
Teravail’s Rutland Light and Supple
→www.bikeradar.com/reviews/components/tyres/gravel-…
Vittoria Terreno Dry TLR
→www.bikeradar.com/reviews/components/tyres/gravel-…
WTB Resolute
→www.bikeradar.com/reviews/components/tyres/road-bi…
WTB Nano
→www.bikeradar.com/reviews/components/tyres/wtb-nan…
Panaracer GravelKing SK
→www.bikeradar.com/reviews/components/tyres/road-bi…
Contents:
00:00 What to Consider When Buying a Gravel Tyre
02:14 Pirelli Cinturato Gravel M
03:20 Bontrager GR1 Team Issue
04:23 Continental Terra Speed
05:20 Maxxis Rambler EXO TR
06:16 Schwalbe G-One R
07:08 Teravail’s Rutland Light and Supple
07:55 Vittoria Terreno Dry TLR
08:44 WTB Resolute
09:32 Three Extra Tyre Recommendations
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All Comments (21)
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Everybody should know that tan walls and brand names in bold white letters increase grip by at least 20% and significantly reduce rolling resistance!
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What's your favourite gravel tyre? Give it a shoutout in the comments!
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Wow this is a great presenter! Let her do more! Calm, clear voice, and an overall nice presenting!!!
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Gravelking SK for me....never let me down....use on road, hardpack, bridleways and they cope with light mud easy....in deepest winter I Gravelking EXT which are already setup on another wheelset....both have been used bikepacking and road speed between off road sections is fabulous
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Being someone with a mtb background, the WTB Resolutes are my favourite. Grippy enough for wetter days and fast enough for summer days. Not a single +- 42mm wide tyre will be good in deep mud, but I have yet to try another tyre with such good grip-to-speed-ratio and actually leave these on my bike throughout the whole year. For deep mud get some proper 2.0" or wider mud XC tyres, or if you ride mostly on paved at least mount a slick in the rear (Gravelkings are great). But if you ride mostly on gravel these are really the perfect all rounders in my opinion.
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I'm pretty new to cycling and I've been basing all my upgrades on this channels reviews. Very pleased!
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My favorite gravel tire is definitely the Assegai MaxxGrip DH casing 3.00 width front and back. Great grip is all you need as well as protecting your wheels...
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Well done on including the WTB Nano, so often overlooked, maybe because they have been around a long time, these work fantastic for me and would be my favorite tire.
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Suggesting you Czech brand Tufo with its Speedero, Thundero, Swampero tires. Longlasting, good price tubeless tires. If someone have not heard about the brand, they made tires for Donelly as well.
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I’m really amazed about the value and the quality of the Panaracer GK tires. Some of these other brands cost 2x as much and I don’t see how they’re 2x better in quality or performance. American Classic is a new brand of tires that offers even cheaper tires. They’re a brand known for their nice wheel sets but now focusing on tires. I’m curious to try those next.
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This is a fantastic review. Concise, to the point, and exactly the type of information I want while hunting for my next set of gravel tires. Bravo!
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Ive been riding the wtb 40c Nano for the last year and it's been working great ! Awesome on trails and the center rib lets it roll good on tne road
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Trying a lot of Gravel tires and for myself I made choice Specialized Pathfinder Pro 700x42c. This tires have the best rolling on hard roads, and smooth on gravel terrain.
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Unfortunstelly I have some experience with G-One R Schwalbe. I have got 4 lunctures within 1kkm. 3 of them during races. 3 times sealant doesn't help in case of puncture. Only one puncere was made by something like glass or nail. The rest by rocks on gravel road. Yes, those tires are fast, also comfortable. Also not bad in terrain and even small mud. But they are not robust and once stopped me aftee 400km and 6km before finish line. Never again. I have also Schwalbe G-One Bite and these are perfect. 13kkm on one wheel set with no puncture!
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While not branded as gravel tires, the Continental Race King Protection are still the best tires I have ever used for "gravel". Incredibly versatile, fast offroad and on road (don't get yourself fooled by their humming sound on tarmac, they are fast), decent puncture protection, mud capable and cheaper than most tires showed in video. Of course you frame must accommodate 2.2 inches tires! 😉
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Cool to see Teravail get some love. I've ridden the Rutlands a lot and have always been impressed by them but rarely see them even mentioned.
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The cool thing about the Terra Speed is they actually can be installed on hookless rims as I've tried them on 2 different wheels from 2 different manufacturers. Installed the 35 on 24 inner width and the 40 on 25 inner width rims.
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Panaracer gravel King EXT+ good tire too.
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My favourite tire is Donnelly X'PLOR MSO 700 X 40 - 120 TPI FOLDING BEAD CLINCHER. I like it so much that I am using narrower "sister" Donnelly X'PLOR MSO 700 X 32 - 120 TPI FOLDING BEAD CLINCHER as winter tire on my road bike.
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My favourites are wtb sendero, they have a huge amount of grip in muddy conditions!