Thread: Tires that will allow a road bike to ride ok on Rails To Trails gravel?
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Old 09-17-21, 06:34 AM
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Back 40+ years ago when I had a bike with 27" tires, I found that 27x1 1/4 was OK (barely) for most gravel, but 27x1 1/8 was dicey. My hybrid ran 700x35 knobbies for a while, and that was pretty good on most gravel.
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