Challenge Strada Bianca TLR Gravel Tyre

What a let-down these tyres are. Having had good experiences with the ‘standard’ strada bianca road bike tyres, I bought this type for my gravel bike and used them for a week and a half during my holiday in Italy. I had two punctures in the rear tyre and a front tyre that kept losing air through the sidewalls. Time and again, a new puncture would appear; although the latex would seal it, I’d still have to keep pumping it up. After the second puncture, the rear tyre wasn’t sealed by the latex and had to be fitted with a plug. I cycled straight to a local bike shop, bought two Continental GP5000 (32 mm) tyres and threw both Strada Bianca tyres into the rubbish bin. What a disappointment – a real nuisance during the rides and €70.00 down the drain☹️

Delivery with Mantel as excepted was fast and on time. 2nd time I bought this tire as the back wheel had a puncture. I had to replace it. Hope Challenge can improve the puncture protection. Also that the tan side walls can be more darker brown.

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First lap ridden with a satisfied feeling further experiences I will gain.

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Catastrophic mounting!!!! Despite years of experience with tubular and tubeless tyres, EXTREMELY difficult mounting despite tricks such as soapy water. On a 3T tubeless rim with sealing milk and the use of a booster completely impossible to get tight. Not a chance. It's a joke when I have to ride a tubeless tyre on a rubeless rim with a tube, because tubeless mounting is simply not possible, even for experienced hobby mechanics.

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Here I am again: was also here in October 2020. Changed the winter gravel tyres for these 'summer' tyres only now. Now I did not manage to get the rear tyre properly sealed on the rim. Same experience as Thomas below. (in French). So I mounted the rear tyre with an inner tube. The front tyre worked again. But fill it up with air every day, otherwise it deflates and comes off the rim. Nor does it 'pop' into the rim the first time it is inflated, like the Schwalb tyres do....

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