Maxxis Rambler Gravel Tyre

With about 6 hours riding / 75kms on these new tyres over steep fire trails and smooth single track, these tyres have been great. I bought these to put on my hard tail mountain bike for a 100km gravel race I'm doing soon - replacing the chunkier 2.4 inch Maxxis Ardent tyres I usually run. These are much lighter and seem to handle rough firetrails well. I haven't pushed them hard enough to find where the grip runs out, but they corner predictably and roll well. They've handled rides in wet and dry conditions well, but I havent tried them in very muddy conditions yet. I fitted them tubeless without any hassles.

it's done nothing but rain here and all the bike trails which used to be tightly packed gravel are rutted and washed out, I got sick of sliding everywhere so I figured I'd try these. They fitted up very easily to 622-19 rims and while they're not as light on their toes as touring tyres they're still pretty good and they feel a lot more secure on loose gravel or exposed dirt bits. Mud isn't their forte but they do okay there too, a lot less useless spinning under power. I'll probably keep these on until everything dries out and then take them off for summer & put them back on when it gets wet again next winter!