A lot of the routes and trails local to me get quite gloopy during the winter months so I'm considering swapping the WTB Riddlers on my Arkose for something a little more mud friendly / MTB-esque. I only have a 700c wheelset at present, so the two current contenders are the Maxxis Ravager and WTB Resolute, does anyone have experience of both ?
Or suggestions for another option?
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Winter gravel tyre - Resolute v Ravager
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Re: Winter gravel tyre - Resolute v Ravager
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Re: Winter gravel tyre - Resolute v Ravager
I can' be any help, but I'm watching this as I'm in a similar position. The Maxxis Ramblers I'm running have been great all through summer for the mixed riding that I do, but are quite disconcerting in the mud.
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Re: Winter gravel tyre - Resolute v Ravager
I'm in a similar position, but tend to just ride more roads/lanes in the winter as i'm no fan of real slop. Purely judging by pictures, i'm not sure the Ravager is much of an improvement over the Riddler, they both have a similar tread down the middle, the Ravager just has bigger side knobs - which doesn't really help with braking or straight line traction. I tend to think that if you're in the mud you're unlikely to be going fast enough to be leaning over to use the side knobs. Resolute looks better as the knobs are deeper. Maybe g-One Ultrabite depending how muddy you go?
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Re: Winter gravel tyre - Resolute v Ravager
Not tried the Ravagers, but have ridden Resolutes a fair bit. I'd say they're excellent on rough/loose gravelly surfaces, but do get overfaced quickly by gloop (though still better than G-one allrounds and Teravail Cannonballs). Senderos were an improvement, but I think they're only 650b.
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Also, I'd forgotten, but the Continental Mud King 1.8 is an option. But i guess once its that muddy, you just get the hardtail out...
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I was thinking of a Riddler/Raddler combination or all round as my winter tyres.
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I put resolutes on the bike last winter but one to replace a set of riddlers and I never did get round to swapping them out again for the summer. I've even done the coast to coast by road with them on because I was too lazy to swap them back out again. A really nice grippy all round tyre that's coped well with a wide range of sand, gravel and dirt and isn't too draggy on the road. The only time I can remember them losing traction was over a wet root system while running them at over 40psi - I've not taken them through really deep mud though
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Re: Winter gravel tyre - Resolute v Ravager
Could a user of Resolute 42mm tyres please measure across the casing of an inflated tyre with some callipers. I’m interested in how wide they are in reality including the side knobs.
I may just have room to run some on my Transition Rapture CX. Thanks
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