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While prepping our bikes for a few days of unknown adventures in the desert, with the potential for fully loaded bikepacking, I knew the tires needed to be up for anything.
But I didn’t want anything too heavy, or too knobby, because I knew we’d have a lot of smooth gravel miles to cover. Those constraints (opportunities?) led me to the Panaracer Gravelking SK+, a tire that checked all the boxes and then some. Details below, but here are 5 reasons I’d recommend it for any adventure: Lots of size options
Super tough puncture layer
Fast rolling yet grippy
Fits hooked & hookless rims
Reasonable prices Gravelking Specs & Actual Weights panaracer gravelking sk-plus gravel bike tire details. First, here’s what you need to know about Panaracer’s tire nomenclature. All of their gravel tires are the Gravelking, and there are five tread options: Slick – micro dots and sipes, basically a slick with some texture SS – semi-slick with mild dots leading to three rows of cornering ridges SK – semi-knob (tested) with square center knobs and pronounced cornering ridges X1 – tightly-packed center knob section with transition & cornering knobs EXT – basically an MTB tread with widely spaced transition & cornering knobs for mud clearance The Slick, SS, SK, and X1 are all designed to roll very fast and smooth, just […]
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