Originally Posted by
unterhausen
I think the limit on my gravel bike is no switchbacks. And no rock gardens either.
Funny you should say that. Just the other day I tried a rock garden with my new gravel bike at slow pace picking my lines and sure enough I still tagged my side wall and blew my tire off :/ Glad I had co2 with to remount the damn tire.
I tried previously with my Giant and 32mm gravel king slicks and cut my sidewall. I just figured those practically road tires. I thought my new Ibis MX gravel bike with Maxxis Rambler 700c x 40mm would handle it much better. The tires look almost like mnt bike tires to me compared to the slicks. guess not ha-ha
My mnt bike ( 2022 blur with factory tires ) I just blow through the rock garden not paying much attention to the lines at all.