tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12831567.post8711522444344835749..comments2024-03-28T08:40:23.164-05:00Comments on Guitar Ted Productions: Friday News And ViewsGuitar Tedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10960580677548417562noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12831567.post-82059127278111983152022-05-08T08:18:34.660-05:002022-05-08T08:18:34.660-05:00@tntmoriv - Thanks for that perspective. I hope th...@tntmoriv - Thanks for that perspective. I hope that Conti has been making their tires to come out as advertised in terms of width, but I ain't holdin' my breath! <br /><br />This new Conti tire reminds me a bunch of the WTB Venture tread pattern. I like that tire, so i bet this Conti tire would be great on my Fargo!Guitar Tedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10960580677548417562noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12831567.post-12871791530414274322022-05-08T07:48:31.226-05:002022-05-08T07:48:31.226-05:00That Continental tire looks like it has a similar ...That Continental tire looks like it has a similar tread pattern to their 29x2.2 (700x55) Speed King Race Sport, which is what I have run for years on my Gen 1 Fargo as a street/pavement/light gravel tire. Those measure a bit over 55, almost 56mm wide at the widest point on 23mm (ext) rims. Super fast rolling and quiet, but pretty thin. My only flats, however, have come from a piece of wire picked up on some pavement and some big tree thorns when I was on a paved rail-trail with a full touring load. No issues on dirt or gravel, luckily, and I am 230#. I am excited about similar tire in a 50 with a little more robustness for my Straggler. YMMVtntmorivhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09419649998953602654noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12831567.post-86340906396223798602022-05-07T07:54:04.565-05:002022-05-07T07:54:04.565-05:001. I was just wondering if continental was going t...1. I was just wondering if continental was going to update any of their tires or release new ones. I think one looks promising and would be great for the BC Epic 1000 in Canada. <br />2. Not all gravel bikes need to handle big chunk Iowa gravel. I have rode gravel that has a solid road base and the constant relaying of gravel is not needed, and the road bed is solid and that leads to a lest textured surface. Iowa gravel roads are not exactly built the best. A lot of time was not put into building a solid road base and thus reducing the need for constant resurfacing. So the TIME ADAX makes sense to me for their intended target and a frames north of $3,500k tells me the design guy wa targeting a exclusive club of riders. But then again, Salsa once claimed we could not put 29x3.0 in the carbon bear grease frames. And then two years later updated their wording to say it was capable. So what is on paper is for covering their bums and what is reality is another story. I imagine it can handle a 42 or even a 44. NY Rollhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09894292869281781075noreply@blogger.com