After years of promoting ‘Tubeless for Everybody,’ bike industry and media are finally realizing that many riders prefer tubes—and for good reasons. Sure, if you’re a pro gravel racer at Unbound, you’ll probably want to set up your tires tubeless. Riding in a peloton, you’ll hit huge rocks that you don’t even see… read more

What would happen if you rode Paris-Roubaix on truly wide and supple tires? We now know, because Olly Townsend from the popular Gravel Union website has done that: He rode this year’s Paris-Roubaix Challenge on Rene Herse 700×48 Hatcher Pass tires. Paris-Roubaix is a unique race: It is fascinating because it takes us back… read more

Every year, we publish our Scientific Guide to Choosing Gravel Tires. It is a summary of our and others’ research into what makes tires fast, grippy and reliable—and not an advertorial for Rene Herse tires. (We figure that our tires speak for themselves…) It is consistently one of our most popular posts. Science doesn’t… read more