Best tubular CX tire under $75

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I just picked up a tubular wheel set for my CX bike. I’m new to the tubular world so don’t know what to get for tires. I don’t want to be changing tires, so I want something that I can ride on gravel, grass, and pavement. I think most of my use will be gravel but I plan on entering a handful of CX races on grass. Most of my gravel rides require ~5 miles of pavement so I want a tire that won’t get chewed up from use on pavement.

What do you recommend? My wheels are HED stinger 4’s… A few years old.

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I don’t know much about cyclocross tires, but my friends like Dugast. Sometimes you can find them on ebay for a descent price.

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Any decent tubular will get chewed up quickly on the pavement. That said, Tufo makes one called the Cubus that is about $55 and is a decent all around tire that is pretty knobby. The challenge line is in the mid 70’s with the fango for faster conditions, Grifo for all around and Limus for heavy mud, they are a very nice tire. You can run sealant in them and they will last a while.

Remember you have to glue the shit out of cross tires, get help if you are unfamiliar, plus get a lot of glue

Sometimes you can find closeouts, the Vittoria with the silver tread were discounted a lot the last couple years, they were a nice tire but the rubber seemed kind of slippy. This is a pretty good inventory of tires

http://www.worldclasscycles.com/cyclocross_tires_cart.htm

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for gravel, grass races and pavement, the Fango w/ 1oz of sealant would be my top choice, perhaps in the narrower 32 size
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excelsports is closing out Challenge Limus for $68. Super deal. Very good mud tire, pretty good all arounder.

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I just picked up a tubular wheel set for my CX bike. I’m new to the tubular world so don’t know what to get for tires. I don’t want to be changing tires, so I want something that I can ride on gravel, grass, and pavement. I think most of my use will be gravel but I plan on entering a handful of CX races on grass. Most of my gravel rides require ~5 miles of pavement so I want a tire that won’t get chewed up from use on pavement.

What do you recommend? My wheels are HED stinger 4’s… A few years old.

Don’t ride tubular cross tires on pavement, waste of money. Get a set of cheap clinchers or use another wheelset when you are not racing.

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Use a set of clinchers and ride with Conty Grand Prix 4 Season 28mm’s. You don’t need any more than that unless it’s cracked limestone roads.

I have a set of Clement tubbies on here somewhere, only one ride and free. They come with the wheelset If your interested?

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The exchange rate between the dollar and euro is pretty favorable these days, so I would check out Wiggle or the other Euro on line stores. Your 75$ may go farther than you think.

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http://clementcycling.com/las-tubular
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