I’m really surprised that so many people have suggested the gravelkings. I thought I might be the only one. I’m quite surprised, but I’m clearly in good company.

exactly why I suggested it.

I think that’s for the SK version, not the slicks. So far, as they have been the tires on my daily rider/commuter for a short while now, I have been incredibly impressed. Not the best tire I’ve ever ridden, by a wide margin. But probably one of the best ive ever ridden for the price. I compared the 32’s to the 32mm Clément strada LGG’s and I prefer the GravelKing’s. Not the first panaracer made tire I’ve ridden or owned, but the first panaracer branded, and I can’t think of a single negative thing to say.

i agree, the options in this range are fantastic. I really want to try the 32mm Teravail Rampart, but I’m waiting for the ‘tanwall’ version. Currently that’s only available in 38mm, and I’m personally not keen on solid black tires.

its good that you’re happy, but they are still very heavy tires. They may be ‘fast’ rolling and offer good grip for what they are, but so do my schwalbe delta cruisers. In the big picture though, they’re still heavy and slow. I’m not trying to knock you or your tires, and it actually makes no difference to me what anybody rides on. But you could see massive gains in grip, and general ‘speed’ (shedding of a lot of rotational weight) allowing them to spin up faster. A net positive in efficiency and with it a likely increase in average speed, if you upgraded. And for probably little money invested. I hope you choose a better tire when you decide to replace them. In the mean time, might I suggest a set of panaracer gravelking’s.

I had a set of those Really good tire. They were the tires that sold me on “big, fast, light, and supple”. The Compass tires I got after those were smoother, but not a whole lot faster. For $21 it sounds like a great deal.

You're shopping in the wrong place for good prices.

I've been using a set of Kenda Kwicks on my street friendly MTB for years. I can't seem to wear them out. When I bought them they were only $10 each. They're definitely not my favorite tire, but they seem to be very durable.

both sizes would work just fine. The 28’s will save you a small amount of weight. I use zipp tubes, because they’re a little lighter weight and have smooth aluminium (no threading) valves, with removable cores. If none of that matters, then the brand really doesn’t matter much. Most tubes are made in either China or Taiwan, regardless of brand. Even the cheap Bell brand tubes work fine.

True, but how a tire rolls on a small diameter smooth metal drum also has its issues when using it to determine real world results.

Personally, I’ll go with my subjective impressions in the real world conditions I ride in over relaible, repeatable, and quantifiable results in conditions completely unlike those I ride in.

Precision does not equal accuracy.

BroScience and just plain “science”

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accuracy_and_precision

Undertanding the difference between accuracy vs precision is pretty much Experimental Design & Data Interpretation 101.

More specific to this example, just because you keep getting the same resistance values (high precision) does not mean these values reflect what you really want to know (rolling resistance in real world conditions).