SPECIALIZED Pathfinder TLR Fast Gravel Tyre

Pathfinder, Tracer or Terra?

It depends on the surface. The Pathfinder has a fast centre strip and compact side knobs for hardpack and gravel racing. The Tracer adds wide-set, aggressive T5 knobs for mixed-terrain gravel, from hardpack to loose gravel and singletrack. The Terra has wider-spaced, reinforced knobs for the roughest tracks and mud. All three use Specialized’s 60 TPI TLR gravel casing.

What do GRIPTON T2 and T5 mean on Specialized road and gravel tyres?

GRIPTON is Specialized’s rubber family, and the T number marks the compound. T2 is what Specialized calls its fastest, most efficient centre compound; T5 is its fast-rolling, race-ready compound with good wear resistance. Dual-compound tyres such as the S-Works Turbo, Cotton, RapidAir and Pathfinder put T2 in the centre for speed and longevity on the straights and T5 on the shoulders for grip in corners.

Tubeless ready (TLR) or tube type: what’s the difference?

TLR means tubeless ready: the tyre can be run tubeless on a tubeless rim with sealant, or with an inner tube. Tyres Specialized describes as ‘for use with tubes’ or ‘tube type’, such as the Cotton Folding, Mondo Folding and Roadsport, are made to be ridden with an inner tube. Each tyre’s specifications on this page say which one it is.

Are the tyre weights exact?

They are Specialized’s claimed weights for each size. Real tyres vary a little from one to another, as with any brand, and tubeless setups add sealant. We only list weights Specialized publishes; where it doesn’t, or where its own figures don’t add up, we leave the weight out.