It's hard to measure the efficacy of this side tread. The tricky one required several attempts to get it to seat, with only the dump valve track pump inflated to its highest wincing pressure being able to punch and pop the bead into place, but since then there have been no tyre/rim interface issues. Mounted to a set of wheels that measured 27mm externally and 21mm internally, the tyres inflated true to the stated size.Īs seems to be the way, based on my many years experience with setting up a pair of tubeless tyres on a bike, one was easy to install and one was a bit more troublesome. The R3 has a claimed weight of 340g, but the pair I tested came in significantly under at 324g and 325g, which is nice. But that was in the days of inner tubes and we're all about tubeless now aren't we, so I was keen to see if the new tubeless version could live up to the high happy bar of their tubed namesakes and take their place as my new favourite tyre. They were fast rolling, comfortable, puncture resistant enough, and could cope with a bit of routing error genteel off road to make them a no-brainer for the jaunts I did on the bike both from home and away across entire countries. The tubed and much older version of the R3 Hard-Case Lite I tested a long while back was my favourite tyre for both just mucking about on the local lanes and for heading off on much longer distances, and after the review pair wore out I bought another set, rode around a lot, and then bought another pair.
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