I have stupidly signed up for Tour Trans Alps and as such need to ride though the winter (you may remember i dont do trainers) - hence my search - i have a set of Terra Speeds on currently which are not bad however also have a set of G-One RS on order!!

Never heard of that event but it looks DOPE. Have plotted a bikepacking route from Geneva to Zurich that I'd like to tackle at some point but this also is going on the list.

I also have abhorred the trainer but the partner recently got me onto zwift and oddly enough it's made it a lot more tolerable to watch a little digital avatar going around a fairytale land.

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Gravelking SS hater here. Quick tire, I find the puncture resistance terribly over stated from BRR.

Mine constantly have tiny little cuts in the center tread weeping sealant. I'm riding Umstead in Raleigh. Not your midwest sharp flint gravel or mixed in rooted single track. I may get 1000 miles on one of them, maybe if lucky. Usually around 5 to 600 miles. Which is a horrible value proposition. They just look shreded to hell on the center tread also quickly.

Considering trying the Challenge getaway pros. Similar BRR rolling resistance and slightly better puncture score and more tread. I suspect the file tread on the Gravelking SS in the middle vs some kind of real "tread" is why they get ruined in that area quicker.

Me and and a bunch of others I know had the casing delaminate from the tread on the GK SS.
The only indication visually was excessive weeping of sealant.
But you could heard the casing stick and unstick every tire rotation.
That was the end of Panaracers for me.

Never liked the way the side knobs felt either, squishy and sketchy on anything hard pack.

Me as well. I really don’t understand that tire: it rolls reasonably fast & well on hardpack but is useless as soon it gets more than dusty. That little file tread is for nothing more than looks, especially compared to a tire the Terra Speed, which does well in crr tests and grips well.

If you can find the tufo gravel thundero, those might fit what you want. I'm not sold that the center tread would do anything for traction, but they seem to be awesome for durability. They also roll quite fast. Additionally, I've had great luck with the specialized Pathfinders. One of my friends was on the podium at migration gravel, he ran the s-works pathfinder and had no flats, the pathfinder pro is supposedly even more durable. They both run pretty fast as well. I've used the s-works pathfinder and the tufo thundero and felt grip on both was awesome.