FS - Tires, misc

Chris Balaschak

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Aug 25, 2019, 8:09:50 PM8/25/19

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A few items the list may be interested in.

Panaracer GravelKing+ Slick Tubeless Ready Tires - 700 x 38c, Folding Bead (Black Tread/Brown Sidewall)

~200 miles on them

$75 shipped for pair

Soma Supple Vitesse EX Road Tire - 700c x 38c (Folding Bead)

~200 miles on them

$75 shipped for the pair

Velo Orange Long Setback Seatpost 27.2 x 300mm Silver

usual marks from use, but otherwise in great shape

$25 shipped

Park Tool BBT-22 Bottom Bracket Tool

good as new

$15 shipped

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Chris Balaschak

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Aug 27, 2019, 2:52:51 PM8/27/19

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PRICE DROPS & Updated list

Panaracer GravelKing+ Slick Tubeless Ready Tires - 700 x 38c, Folding Bead (Black Tread/Brown Sidewall)
~200 miles on them

$60 shipped for pair

Soma Supple Vitesse EX Road Tire - 700c x 38c (Folding Bead)
~200 miles on them

$60 shipped for the pair

Park Tool BBT-22 Bottom Bracket Tool
good as new

$10 shipped

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Peter Adler

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Aug 27, 2019, 4:12:40 PM8/27/19

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I've been curious about both these tires for several years, since they're both in Panaracer's scary-light category (at 700x38, 320g for the Soma Supple Vitesse and 360g for the Panaracer GravelKing Slick, compared to 350g-380g for the Panaracer-made 700x38 Compass/Rene Herse Barlow Pass). But I don't think I have clearance for a real-world 38 mm tire on any of the bikes I have in mind, so I've mostly paid attention to 700x35, which don't often turn up used. I just lost another eBay auction for a pair of 35mm Bon Jon Passes yesterday :-( so let's get some more details on these; maybe my size fears are misplaced.

Panaracer lists the GravelKing Plus as ERTRO 40-622; no way I can fit 40, if that number is real. Did you measure the widths of these tires before you took them off the wheels? How wide were they, once you'd run them for awhile and they'd grown?

Peter Adler

Berkeley, California/USA

Chris Balaschak

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Aug 27, 2019, 8:08:06 PM8/27/19

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I'm sorry to say I did not measure the width when mounted. I will say based on my experience, the Gravelking 38s were slightly wider than the Soma 38s. Both were used on my Legolas, and the gravelkings were a tight fit.

They are great tires, but in the end I've preferred more narrow tires - 28s or 32s.

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Chris Balaschak

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Aug 30, 2019, 11:46:58 AM8/30/19

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All sold but the BB tool.

christian poppell

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Aug 30, 2019, 2:34:29 PM8/30/19

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Panaracer lists the GravelKing Plus as ERTRO 40-622; no way I can fit 40, if that number is real. Did you measure the widths of these tires before you took them off the wheels? How wide were they, once you'd run them for awhile and they'd grown?

FWIW: I recently purchased the GK 700cx38. From the package, mounted with tubes on DT R460 rims they measured 36mm @ 45psi. Three weeks later they have stretched to an approximate 37.5mm :)

Useless data point. Took them on a mixed terrain 60 mile ride and they still had the fuzzy vent sprue things along the center of the tire, front and rear!