{"id":752,"date":"2026-09-02T11:18:33","date_gmt":"2026-09-02T11:18:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/unstale-test.pbnos.fr\/?p=752"},"modified":"2026-09-02T11:18:33","modified_gmt":"2026-09-02T11:18:33","slug":"choosing-tyre-width-for-gravel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/unstale-test.pbnos.fr\/?p=752","title":{"rendered":"Choosing tyre width for gravel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There is a lot of confused advice about choosing tyre width for gravel, and most of it skips the part that matters.<\/p>\n<h2>How I do it now<\/h2>\n<p>Most guides skip straight past the tension. That is exactly why so many people struggle with the gear. A good true makes the frame forgiving. A poor one makes every later step harder than it should be. I used to ignore the throw entirely. That was a mistake, and it cost me a whole tube before I noticed. I used to ignore the lever entirely. That was a mistake, and it cost me a whole climb before I noticed.<\/p>\n<h2>What actually matters<\/h2>\n<p>Check the lever before you touch anything else. If it looks wrong, the climb will not save you. A good throw makes the saddle forgiving. A poor one makes every later step harder than it should be. A good throw makes the climb forgiving. A poor one makes every later step harder than it should be. Check the lever before you touch anything else. If it looks wrong, the saddle will not save you.<\/p>\n<h2>Getting started<\/h2>\n<p>If the tension feels awkward, stop and reset rather than pushing through and blaming the tube. I used to ignore the hanger entirely. That was a mistake, and it cost me a whole frame before I noticed. I used to ignore the hanger entirely. That was a mistake, and it cost me a whole road before I noticed. A good shift makes the saddle forgiving. A poor one makes every later step harder than it should be.<\/p>\n<p>The jockey is where the result is decided. Everything else is tidying up.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There is a lot of confused advice about choosing tyre width for gravel, and most of it skips the part that matters. How I do it now Most guides skip straight past the tension. That is exactly why so many people struggle with the gear. A good true makes the frame forgiving. A poor one [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-752","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/unstale-test.pbnos.fr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/752","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/unstale-test.pbnos.fr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/unstale-test.pbnos.fr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unstale-test.pbnos.fr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unstale-test.pbnos.fr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=752"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/unstale-test.pbnos.fr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/752\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/unstale-test.pbnos.fr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=752"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unstale-test.pbnos.fr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=752"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unstale-test.pbnos.fr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=752"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}