As with most things in life, you can’t have it all when it comes to tyres. We’d all love to ride gravel tyres that offer great grip in all conditions, excellent comfort, low rolling resistance, high puncture resistance, and, of course, a reasonable price. Whilst this isn’t entirely realistic, one helpful hack is to run different tyres front and rear.
This allows you to have lower rolling resistance at the back, where it’s most beneficial, without compromising front-end grip too much. The combination of WTB’s Riddler and Raddler tyres offers exactly this, hopefully allowing plenty of traction in the corners without having big, squidgy knobs robbing you of power when you press on the pedals.
