Rullet or 27.5"

 

Swapped to the 26" front with the Advantage 2.25" this week. It's definitely slower on the road. The full front and rear change to the Continental Race King 2.0 already had an obvious increase in rolling resistance over the 1.75" Gravel Kings previously on the bike.

Rullet aka Reverse Mullet... Now who would put a smaller rim in front?  Why yours truly of course.

It's bigger than when the Gravel King was up front with a 27.5" hoop, diameter wise. But now, just a tad smaller. I eye ball it to be about ~3-4mm lower compared to the Conti Race King. Width wise the Advantage of course trumps them all.

Yesterday GnR loop near the house was all flat. About 20km in all. 25psi front and 35 psi rear. Basically it just felt like a rigid hardtail and reminds me a little of all those time riding rigid fat bikes too. Front soaked up most things. Rear did kick a little but nothing really unbearable. And I could have lowered the pressure in both wheels further.

Have to wait till another round to do a trail proper... climbs and descents all in, to see if I actually like this combo better. In any case going back to the 27.5 is just a minute quick swap. Rotors on both front wheels are playing nice and doesnt really need to fidget with the caliper after each switch.