TIRE GRAVEL THUNDERO

Tufo Bicycle Company is from the Czech Republic, where they also make their rubber products for other tire brands you all know very well. They are well known amongst MAMILs for road tires, and have since ventured into knobblier offerings for gravel. The Thundero is their do-it-all gravel offering, which promises easy rolling, puncture protection, relatively low weight and all that at a competitive price. I had to give them a shot!

Available in 700C only, and widths between 36-48mm, the Thundero is Tufo's mid-tier gravel tire. There's the Speedero, which is a smoother and supposedly faster rolling option and the Swampero for those wet or rough gravel excursions. All options are available in black, or black with tan sidewalls, and share the same high TPI casing.

Does the Thundero all? My experience says that yes, it does! Granted, there are limitations at either extreme, but I have taken mine from mud to tarmac, to well hard packed dirt roads to rooty single track, and survived. This is probably where the beauty or gravel bikes, tires, etc. lies: If your gravel adventure includes a stretch of single track, you don't need to hike-a-bike like you would with a road bike, and if there are tarmac sections you don't have to drag the full weight of an MTB around.