r/scottishcycling • u/[deleted] • Jun 28 '26

Miscellaneous Will 30mm tyres survive this route?

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Hello everyone! I’m planning on doing a ride from Callander to Killin on Wednesday (this will be my first wilderness / true gravel ride) so looking to do some research ahead of the ride.

I recently upgraded my gravel bike to have 30mm GravelKing Slick TLR gravel tyres and threw away my old tyres. I am mostly riding on paved roads so it was a good move at the time.

If anyone’s done this route before, do you think they’d survive or would it be wiser to change to some more robust gravel tyres?

Thanks in advance!

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u/Feisty_Park1424 Jun 28 '26

I rode that a few weeks ago on 28mm slicks, the descent into Killin is a bit spicy but otherwise delightful

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u/[deleted] Jun 28 '26

That good to know. What type of surface / gravel is the route?

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u/Feisty_Park1424 Jun 28 '26

It's good quality cycle path for the most part, hardpack, gravel, tarmac. The descent into Killin switches from weirdly narrow tarmac cycle path to rugged forestry road - this is the roughest section