Hutchinson Touareg gravel tubeless 700x45c TLR

The high number of turns provides excellent mobility and agility in the tire, while keeping the total weight to a minimum. Another benefit of the high number of waves per square centimeter is that the tire achieves excellent protection against punctures. To further increase this protection, a layer of “Hardskin”, a textile layer that flint stones and other sharp elements from the road surface find it more than difficult to penetrate, is placed in front of the entire carcass.

The challenge is not only to make the tire as strong as possible against punctures, it must also be lightweight to maintain as low a rotational weight as possible, and at the same time be able to shape itself to the surface you drive on wherever you go. This combination is therefore best found by combining many weaves and the hardskin layer.

The rubber coating that Hutchinson uses on the model is what the manufacturer calls a “BI-COMPOUND”, which is a compound that is divided in two places on the tire. A medium-hard compound in the middle of the tire, which gives the tire the lowest possible rolling resistance and highest speed, and a softer rubber compound on the sides of the tire, to provide the best and most secure grip on the ground.

With the many smaller knobs on the entire Touareg tire, you will experience a very good grip on almost all the roads and paths you take your Gravel bike out on, and at the same time the many low knobs give you a very low rolling resistance on the tire, which you will especially feel on the hard gravel paths, asphalt or similar.

Touareg is of course Tubeless Ready, which gives you several options for setting up your tires and wheelsets. Either with a tire/hose setup, or as Tubeless, where the tube in the tire is replaced with a latex liquid and air mixture in the tire as a sealant between tire and rim. If you want to test your strengths with a Tubeless setup, you will find the things you need on our site via this†LINK.

With the tire width of 45 m/m, you ensure the best possible comfort on the good long gravel rides and at the same time a good opportunity to be able to climb rocky and very uneven passages on your route without problems. With the aforementioned strengths and design, the Touareg is among the most sublime gravel tires on the market, and with many fans in gravel country.