Im heading over the ditch from NZ for Seven Gravel in WA next month. Does anyone have intel on road surface conditions? From what I’ve seen appears to be lots of dirt road with fine gravel bits in areas, maybe some farm track - dirt / grass in there too?
Just weighing up tyre options as don’t really want the admin of bringing multiple sets over 
Any intel would be great! Thanks.
I’ll be running the Pirelli Cinturato Gravel RC in a 45 at the moment. the tricky bit will be if they get much rain between now and then. This year also has a fair portion of tarmac road which may influence some if it stays dry. If you’re on BookFace there are a couple of official and not so official groups were I’m sure you’ll get options from people.
Hi Chris,
thanks for the intel, probably a pretty safe bet with those Pirellis regardless of the conditions Id imagine.
will be watching the weather forecasts!
cheers
Great to hear you’ll be coming over to our little corner of the world @lester_perry There’s no sandy sections on the course, nor is it particularly muddy (really only one segment I can recall that gets a bit sticky in the wet), everything else is fire-road, farm-track and a bit of bitumen for this year. @Chris_Norris’s choice is popular, as are Pathfinders, GravelKings, Riddlers … there’s also a “Gravel Grinders in Western Australia” bookface page too. At a higher level, most people have historically run 38-45 mm tyres, very few have gone wider yet … but that might change as awareness of CRR increases.
@adamralph great, thanks for that info Seems like a bit of “anything goes” from what I gather from trawling the web, everyone seems to have a favourite. Does sound like conditions are similar to what I’d normally ride over here so thinking of bringing over a couple of options and decide once we see conditions on the ground… thanks!