Gravel tire suggestions for Pine Barrens sand roads?

JonF

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Putting together a gravel bike to get in some after work miles. I'm right on the cusp of many of the big parks and wma's that are just littered with hard pack sand roads and since many can be linked, there's lots of great riding loops around here. Places like Brendan Byrne, Colliers Mills, Greenwood, etc. If you're a gravel rider in that area, what tire types and sizes would you recommend for the typical hard pack sand roads found there? I do understand sugar sand is inevitable (i'm more than familiar with it from my moto days of yesteryear), but i would most avoid the vast swaths of it in Wharton and just deal with the occasional stretch of it elsewhere.
 

KenS

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I run 700x40 Vittoria Torreno Dry tubeless on my cross bike. I love a file tread tire for the roads down here, but I used to regularly ride them on a road bike with 23s, so ymmv.

Anything with a file tread center and decent side nobs should be totally fine, especially nice on paved road connectors. 40+ is my suggestion for width, but I also used to run 33s without much fuss.
 

KenS

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