So - my current bike is a Spez Diverge 2019 with factory stock Espoir Sport tyres (kinda road-y tyres). Very happy with them, they go fairly quick on roads and light gravel. However, anything more than that & it becomes a little hard-going.
So I'm toying with the idea of buying spare tyres but as I've never bought tyres, I wanted to check in for advice first! I imagine I'd want something a bit knobbly that is more capable of handling the South Downs which is very local to me (chalk & flinty) plus the King Alfred Way (for which I gather the fatter the tyre, the better!) some time this year. But at the same time, I have no idea if I'm going to the other extreme in my tyre choices (i.e. too MTBy)! I imagine they'll be "spares" for winter/Downs riding & I'd be keeping the road tyres on most of the time as the current Espoir Sport tyres seems okay to me.
Would either the Continental Cross King CX folding tyres (700x35mm) or Panaracer Gravel King SK (700x38mm) do the job perhaps? My understanding is that my bike should be able to take tyres up to 38mm I believe although not sure about the wheel rims themselves.
Advice gratefully welcomed!
So I'm toying with the idea of buying spare tyres but as I've never bought tyres, I wanted to check in for advice first! I imagine I'd want something a bit knobbly that is more capable of handling the South Downs which is very local to me (chalk & flinty) plus the King Alfred Way (for which I gather the fatter the tyre, the better!) some time this year. But at the same time, I have no idea if I'm going to the other extreme in my tyre choices (i.e. too MTBy)! I imagine they'll be "spares" for winter/Downs riding & I'd be keeping the road tyres on most of the time as the current Espoir Sport tyres seems okay to me.
Would either the Continental Cross King CX folding tyres (700x35mm) or Panaracer Gravel King SK (700x38mm) do the job perhaps? My understanding is that my bike should be able to take tyres up to 38mm I believe although not sure about the wheel rims themselves.
Advice gratefully welcomed!