Originally Posted by
ScrawnyKayaker
These would be for my wife's Orbea E40 ebike, so the motor will help spin up the extra tire weight. It has 50 mm Kendas on it now. They have no model name on them, but there is a number 1172, which looks like a Kenda part number but their website won't admit this tire exists and a brief search didn't turn up a match anywhere else. I haven't taken one off to weigh it yet.
The real reason for shopping for new tires now is that the stem on the bike is just BARELY too tall to fit in her bike locker at work. If we can just get the height of the tire down a few mm, all will be well. (It uses a weird stem and the guys at the shop that sold it claim there aren't a lot of options, but if the tires don't solve the problem, we'll explore that next.)
OK if we’re talking commuting, that disqualifies the Rene Herse tires (unless you go for the Endurance casing, which are $85 apiece) and to a lesser extent, the Challenge Strada Bianca and Gravelking. There is the Gravelking Plus if you want something a bit more reliable (700c x38).
IMO the 700x35c Pirelli Cinturato is your best bet. It’s the most reinforced tire of all the ones we’ve mentioned so far, afaik.