I rode regular Hetres on lots of dirt and gravel, and never got a flat (except once after walking my bike through some thorny bramble, but it wasn't gravel).
Then I switched to the extralights and noticed a large sidewall nick after the third gravel ride. Then I switched to the Compass Babyshoe Pass extralights and have ridden them on at least 500 miles of gravel so far, with no issues, even when bombing down a gravel stretch at 40mph. Here's a typical gravel segment these tires see: <https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5318/14542105685_10c9a59788_b.jpg> <https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3919/14355522458_551734edde_b.jpg> And for what it's worth, the Babyshoe Pass E-L's are a supremely fast and smooth riding tire. Anton On Saturday, August 2, 2014 11:10:14 AM UTC-4, Johnny Alien wrote: > So I am going to get some new tires for my SH. I have rocked a few tires > for this but most have been heavier weight sturdy tires of the Schwalbe and > Continental variety. I really would like to get something lighter weight > and more supple so I have my eye on the fairly newish Compass line. The > issue is that I prefer and all black tire to tan sides and in this line the > standard casing (which I have no issue with) only comes with tan sides. I > do some trail riding but mainly loose gravel, rails to trails stuff and am > curious if the extralight would be flat prone. I don't ride the trails as > often as the road but I do it often enough to want to keep it in mind. > Should I steer clear and suck it up and go with the tan sidewalls for the > extra security? The site has little description on the differences and not > many people have used them for reviews. The extralight is also $20 more so > I will be paying an upcharge for the all black look. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
