I found gravel-pro Dylan Johnson’s favourite race tyre for under $40 for Cyber Monday

Not so long ago people would look at you a bit funny if you turned up to a gravel ride with anything over 40mm tyres. The hangover from the days of cyclocross are still around, but at the top end of gravel racing the trend is definitely ‘bigger is better’. 

Most gravel tyres from all the leading brands top out at somewhere between 45 and 50mm, so as not to overlap with dedicated MTB tyres. Modern gravel bikes can in many cases handle larger than this – The 3T Extrema Italia that I tested recently is a great example, and another is the race bike of Lifetime Grand Prix athlete, gravel racer extraordinaire, and high profile YouTuber Dylan Johnson.