Originally Posted by
mschwett
on a typical ride I’d be riding the same tires on 50 miles of roads before or after the 10 miles of gravel, and preferably not changing them out to do my “typical” entirely on-road rides.
Normally, I’d say to use the tire that suits the majority of your riding, which sounds like 95% road in your case. While I don’t find wider tires to be much of an impediment on pavement, it seems a shame to run gravel-specific tires for one ten-mile section. Any chance of routing around that section to one that at least avoids the 1000 ft. climb?