Originally Posted by
merlinextraligh
to each his own. For us, at a little above your team weight we’re running 42 mm gravel kings and found 2.1 tires to be overkill.
I did DK on 40 mm tires on a single, and was glad to have the volume watching people flat on 32 mm cross tires.
I’d probably use 48mm gravel kings if we ever win the lottery to get a spot in DK again on a tandem.
For completeness, what psi did you use on DK? Tubeless? Would you want to use the same pressure on your tandem in those same conditions?
I really, really like the Gravelking and PariMoto 38 and 42mm slick tires. We have 35mm wide (inner) rims on one set of wheels for our tandem, so those 45mm and 50mm (measured) tires I referenced are actually the 38 and 42mm (labeled) PariMoto or Gravelkings. For some reason, the 48mm (labeled size) Gravelkings don’t have the same magic carpet feel to them as the narrower sizes.