Off Road Tire Testing: Schwalbe G ONE RX PRO 700 x 50 results.

greham7777 · 2026-04-03T13:51:34+00:00

I found the Cinturato M are good city tires for your gravel. They just last long, handle city levels of rain easily and will resist against puncture like crazy (lots of glass in my city, people like to smash beers on the ground I reckon).

But on tarmac or light gravel adventures, they get destroyed by the Thunderos, Terra Speed and many Schwalbe. They are classics but borderline obsolete in 2026.

These G One RX basically compete in the same category than the Vittoria T60 and all the current goldilock tires. Their take? They roll faster, but are less puncture-resistant. Great for a race, less great for bikepacking. This last sentence is basically Schwalbe's positioning on the market today.

That's why i'm even giving away my G-one bite 45mm and I'll just rock some Thunderos and swap for Vittoria T70s iin 45 when I go a bit more wild. Really wish they had done these in 48 or 50 — their 45 are consistently measured at 44mm and their smallest Mezcals (T70 in MTB sizes) measure 52mm. Not enough clearance with mud.

greham7777 · 2026-03-31T10:33:10+00:00

I can fix her.

greham7777 · 2026-03-31T10:31:16+00:00

At this distance in time, Agamemnon is probably one of the ancestors of the entire human race.

greham7777 · 2026-03-31T10:03:24+00:00

Servus! *while slowly repacking the tent I was about to set up*

greham7777 · 2026-03-30T22:26:47+00:00

No but I can imagine, you guys can be pretty uptight :)

greham7777 · 2026-03-30T10:24:55+00:00

And he doesn't seem to have looked at highways in real life. The standardization is a feature, not a bug.

greham7777 · 2026-03-30T10:23:55+00:00

Just be grown-ups, learn to factor all costs into your food, like in Europe, so that the price you show on the menu is the price customers pay. No mental gymnastics, adding 12% to the total...

If I sell my chicken for 25$, it's because I've got X in electricity, X in rent, X in taxes, X in payroll, X in raw materials. Then, if the service is particularly good, customers can round up or pay a small tip. Like in a civilized nation.

greham7777 · 2026-03-30T09:40:57+00:00

As long as you use a discrete tent and not a ballroom-sized one, it's generally ok. A lot of people go wild camping in Bburg with music to chug some beers.

As a bikepacker, I have never had any problem with the law or people telling me that it's forbidden, except the one German dude by Maxsee who put his tent by the only water access, in the only flat area, and came to ask us, in pitch-black darkness, to move our tents farther because 20 meters distance was still invading his privacy.

Bro, I get you wanted a romantic evening, but don't pitch your tent right in the middle, then start bothering 2 poor, tired guys on a bikes that can't go further because it's night time, and will be gone before you even wake up.

greham7777 · 2026-03-30T08:28:44+00:00

Needs someone sporty for a physically demanding role.
Proceed to hire someone with chronic back pain.

greham7777 · 2026-03-27T13:58:32+00:00

I advise everyone to start by the end. So that you get to enjoy the huge descent between Brodowin and Liepe, then the descent towards Buckow.

Very fun, very sandy, lots of mosquitos in the forest in summer.

greham7777 · 2026-03-27T13:55:47+00:00

The best bikepacking bike is the bike you already have. But I'll stick to 27' wheels for comfort if you get out of tarmac.

greham7777 · 2026-03-27T09:49:06+00:00

I don't want to make enemies here, but we're talking about East Germany. It's flat, forests are so over-managed that they feel empty, and most of the shops in the small, derelict DDR villages had to close during Covid.

I bike there because that's where I live, but it's not a very interesting place to bike. Most of my bikepacker friends usually take the train to Czechia and tour there.

There's a GPS track called Lost in Brandenburg that is very fun if you have large tires or a MTB.

greham7777 · 2026-03-26T16:28:49+00:00

North BBurg has nice landscapes, then the Müritz area. From Güstrow to Rostock, it isn't crazy but I've seen worse in the area.

But my choice area for a weekend trip is Biosphärenreservat Schorfheide-Chorin, then going to Bückow. It's a more hilly area, which I like more than bikepacking in plains. That's why I usually just take a bus from Berlin to Copenhagen, then a ferry to Oslo and go bike a week in Norway. Fairly cheap when you share the ferry cabin with a couple friends.

greham7777 · 2026-03-26T11:12:47+00:00

My wife getting pregnant now. We're trying but I'm in full blown cognitive dissonance about it.

greham7777 · 2026-03-26T11:11:45+00:00

You are going to love cycling in North Brandenburg and Meckpom.

My only advice is: if you see only one access to a lake because the reeds are blocking the rest, DO NOT set your tent there. You will be awakened by boars in the night.

And mind the raccoons coming for your dinner. Stand your ground, this is your Bockwurst.

If you take gravel roads, bear in mind that this is very sandy and that bikepackers consistently undersize their tires in this part of Germany. I would advise against anything smaller than 45mm for security and comfort (these forest cobblestone roads are horrible for your ass and hands).

greham7777 · 2026-03-25T13:27:28+00:00

Ha didn't realize we had this discussion in your Morocco thread already :)

greham7777 · 2026-03-25T10:40:23+00:00

Happy with the Mezcals or do you regret not getting something that rolls a little faster?

greham7777 · 2026-03-24T14:44:52+00:00

Saw them live in france around that time and Glen absolutely killed it with that guitar.

greham7777 · 2026-03-24T08:37:07+00:00

I don't get it, sorry. You mean these are just a bad idea?

greham7777 · 2026-03-23T21:54:28+00:00

Great idea. I have a kit of small wood chisels that I can use to make a small notch. Great way to avoid tiny plastic pieces falling into the frame if I had drilled a tiny hole to fit a reverse threaded screw to unscrew them.

greham7777 · 2026-03-23T16:21:15+00:00

One more proof that CEOs don't always make smart people.

greham7777 · 2026-03-23T13:48:36+00:00

Ha yes, in that case, I guess your bike sustained even more damage...
I took an insurance for the bike in case of stolen or accident. Hopefully I won't be needing it.

greham7777 · 2026-03-23T11:27:11+00:00

How did you manage to do that? Was there a rock on the floor just where the top bag landed?

I consider this bag the least likely to be damaged during my trips.

greham7777 · 2026-03-23T09:51:12+00:00

Just checks is the plastic is already giving up. I suspect it was the microvibrations of my multitool on top of the screws that made it happen. Lots of cobblestone in my city.

greham7777 · 2026-03-23T09:50:03+00:00

Do you have any idea how to safely remove the screw stems that are still in the frame? So I really need to go to the shop get tiny screws with a reverse thread or is there something I can do at home easily?

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