Light touring bike tire choice

[JSH]

Seems to be a bit too thin for touring, especially along gravel/dirt routes?

They're used on Paris - Roubaix and the Tour of Flanders! Maybe not If you are loading up

 

[carlrh]

Re: Re:

These look good value - 27mm. I may try a pair

http://www.wiggle.co.uk/vittoria-pave-c ... 1254200462

Good tyres did lejog on them 1000mile route with some rough roads.

 

[HansOberlander]

Seems to be a bit too thin for touring, especially along gravel/dirt routes?

They're used on Paris - Roubaix and the Tour of Flanders! Maybe not If you are loading up

I don't doubt that they are capable of coping with those brutal cobblestone streets, but for loaded touring I think I will go 32mm

 

[bm0p700f]

Re:

challange strada bianca 30mm. I would not use many of tyres mentioned above. my luck with clinchers is not good except for this challange tyre.

 

[non-fixie]

I'm a Pasela man myself when it comes to touring, and although I never ride fully loaded I do like a bit of gravel. Most of my touring bikes wear 28mm folding Paselas, like this one:

I have used Challenge tires, but with mixed results; a pair of Grifo XS clinchers had a strong tendency to move on the rims under hard braking. Ended up with sheared-off valve stems at the bottom of almost every steep hill ...

These Challenge Strada Bianca tires did better: