Hey Axel. I’m a huge fan of self-supported rides and spend 95% of my year pedalling up, around and down. Heavier casing tires are slower to push, for sure but as you will notice in my comments on the lighter casing tire with insert vs heavier casing without, the lighter with insert (at the lighter end of the tire carcasses here) were actually heavier. With that in mind, the Cushcore with lighter casing would require more effort.
If you’re able to get away with lighter tires AND no insert, great, go with lighter. Unfortunately that’s not an option for me.
Oct. 30, 2020, 1:15 p.m. - AJ Barlas
Hey Axel. I’m a huge fan of self-supported rides and spend 95% of my year pedalling up, around and down. Heavier casing tires are slower to push, for sure but as you will notice in my comments on the lighter casing tire with insert vs heavier casing without, the lighter with insert (at the lighter end of the tire carcasses here) were actually heavier. With that in mind, the Cushcore with lighter casing would require more effort. If you’re able to get away with lighter tires AND no insert, great, go with lighter. Unfortunately that’s not an option for me.