I recently got my first road/endurance bike, a Felt VR60. According to the specs, the wheels it came with are: Devox WheelRDS.A3, Tubeless ready, 6-hole, 12x100/12x142 mm. Default tires it came with are Vittoria Zaffira V tires.

I’m thinking of doing some light gravel riding with this bike, so was considering some 30mm tires to swap between depending on the activity I want to do. However, I have no idea what I should be looking for when it comes to buying new tires/tubes.

  1. What factors do I need to worry about when buying new tires? I assume the wheel size matters, right?

  2. Can I reuse my existing tubes, or do I need new ones?

  3. Searching for 30mm gravel tires, I mostly found tubeless options. Is there a reason for that?

  4. Anything else I should know before buying and swapping tires?

Any help is greatly appreciated here :)

  • Turkey_Titty_city@kbin.social
    11·
    1 year ago

    would you take a honda civic offroading?

    you are trying to make your bike into something that it is not design to do. you will have a bad time.

    your bike can do hardpacked dirt no problem. it cannot do gravel. you do not have the tire clearance for proper gravel tires and you will get rocks stuck in your frame/tire and cause damage to your bike.

    if you want a gravel bike, sell this bike and buy a gravel bike.