A good all-rounder tyre for adventuring and bikepacking
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The Adventure has a much shallower pattern across the central band of the tread and smaller knobs on the shoulders, for its greater focus on bikepacking, puncture resistance and endurance, with the Gravel RC designed more for off-road grip and speed. Pirelli hasn't just added puncture protection to the tops, but has also included ProWall compound on the sidewalls, which is designed to give better protection against lateral cuts. This offers 60tpi protection, compared with the 120tpi offered by the higher-spec Gravel RCs – but seemed to offer a similar protection for the kind of the riding I was doing.
The Cinturato Adventure is a designed for your bikepacking adventure; the tread is lighter on the central part and more aggressive on the shoulder, being the knobs derived from off-road design oriented to promote rider support off-road. The Cinturato Adventure features the new ProWall Gravel, a 60tpi tubeless-ready casing with added side wall reinforcement to prevent lateral cuts while the ProCompound Gravel, thanks to its formulation made of a mix of polymers, provides an enhanced milage.
The Adventures are reasonably priced at £42, which is about what I'd expect for tyres with this level of technology, but without hitting the very top performance levels. The Vredestein Aventura are lighter and perform a little better in the really rough stuff and are a little dearer at £49, but they don't have anything like the same level of puncture protection. The Bontrager GR2 Team Issue TLRs are lighter and have decent off-road credentials, but are £10.
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