Tan wall tyres.

[Cycleops]

Which seem to be having a bit of a revival with quite a few manufacturers introducing them into their ranges. Just bought some Schwalbe G Ones for my gravel bike with this feature. There is supposed to be a bit of an advantage due to a small degree of flex in the walls but the appeal is mainly cosmetic giving some relief especially to all black bikes.


So what do think? Pointless retro revival or a welcome addition to enhance your bike?

 

[Cathryn]

Beautiful

 

[Spiderweb]

I have 40mm Schwalbe G Ones on my Gravel bike, great tyres.
The tan side walls are pointless but they do look good and tan/amber is cool these days.
My daughter and her friends often go out looking like they’ve had their skins painted amber!

 

[geocycle]

Here’s mine, Panaracer gravelkings. I haven’t used Panaracr for years after a side wall failure but was persuaded to give these a go. They look the part and so far so good.

 

[Venod]

I had some tan wall WTB tubeless that leaked like sieves through the tan wall, I complained to WTB complete with pics, they sent me some plain black ones, no leaks from them, so if going tubeless beware, although other brands may be OK.

 

[Salad Dodger]

Personally, I dislike tan walled tyres. Sorry.
They remind me of a bike I had in my early teens, that I never really bonded with.

 

[DogmaStu]

Two of my bikes have tan walled tyres...

My black bike stays black though...

 

[Regular.Cyclist]

They look good on some bikes like the one in the OP but, personally, I wouldn’t go for mixed colour tyres mysel.

During L2P a number of years ago my son and I had the same ty on our bikes except mine were all black and his were black and red. He punctured three times whilst on day one alone and no on else on the ride did. At the overnight stop he swapped them out for a spare pair of all black ones I had with me. Despite day two having rain and flash flooding of biblical proportions neither of us had issues but the ride leader and one other punctured through that day.

He tried the red and black ones again the following summer but never found them as reliable as all black were.

 

[Sallar55]

Tan wall might be lighter, have the Vittoria Mezcals in black and tan. Tan ones are XC race and they are not as robust, punctured on glass 1st time out. Black ones 9000 km on front,rear has been changed and no punctures so far.

 

[DogmaStu]

I’ve done, collectively, over 35000km on tan tyres with..zero punctures. Not one.

The Wilier has GP5000’s, black, lots of punctures.

Same tyres on my Pinarello, zero punctures this whole year.

I don’t believe tan vs black have anything to do with punctures.

 

[bikingdad90]

@DogmaStu that Trek pops with the tan wall.

Is the Specialized a Diverge?

 

[DogmaStu]

@DogmaStu that Trek pops with the tan wall.

Is the Specialized a Diverge?

Yes, it is. I really like it a lot. Ideal 'do everything' bike.

This from this morning:

 

[ebikeerwidnes]

To me Tan tyre walls look good

Problem is that my front and back tyres wear out at different rates - hence they don't get replaced as a set

so the 2 tyres are nearly always of different makes/models

and one tan tyre would look - at least odd

 

[bikingdad90]

@DogmaStu, I have just got an E5 and can’t wait to take it for a spin/ride to work once it’s all set up. It’s the matt yellow version and came with nice little touches such as the frame protectors and Specialized branded screws etc.

 

[DogmaStu]

@DogmaStu, I have just got an E5 and can’t wait to take it for a spin/ride to work once it’s all set up. It’s the matt yellow version and came with nice little touches such as the frame protectors and Specialized branded screws etc.

They are great bikes, you won't be disappointed. It's nice to be able to go on any terrain you want.