Rene Herse Fleecer Ridge Review

A quick review of the Rene Herse Fleecer Ridge tires after using them for almost 5000 KM of bikepacking and touring through Europe

[@blakenielsen716]

WARNING: DO NOT BUY RENE HERSE! Rene Herse's customer service is terrible. Went for a refund on a poor quality product. They wouldn't do it. If their tire is defective or doesn't fit you will not get a refund/exchange. No customer service phone number either.

[@DrTommyGouranga576]

Thank you for sharing your review. Valuable info from a veteran of your divide. How does changing the tyres half way across a tour work? Do you pre order them up the road or a friend delivers them to a grid point?!

[@matthiasbrennwald5392]

Great! Now I only need to find a store that actually has them in stock at reasonable terms... (René Herse store has outrageous shipping costs!).

[@SuperSpable]

I would not toss that rear tire. It looks like it has hundreds more miles left in it.

[@DeoreDX]

You compared them to Surly Extraterrestrial. Im not a bike packer or tourer, but i have a mixed surface rigid adventure bike (Road, gravel, single track). I started out with mostly gravel and single track and very little road, but now ride 50% road 40% gravel 10% single track. The ETs feel a bit sluggish and slow on the road so Im looking for other high volume options that maybe roll a bit better that still gives me decent off road grip. Ive been considering 50c gravel tires but im intrigued by the Fleecer Ridge, but that would be a very expensive tire to experiment with.

[@mazditzo]

They (surly, rene herse, teravail) need to work on availability 😀 two of my lbs always scratching their head when I'm asking for a pair any of those tires.

[@raffel66]

will they fit specialized crux on 25mm internal rim ?

[@markmoreno7295]

I have a pair. Be sure to check your rim comparability before buying them. They grip the rim better with lower pressure rather than pushing their maximum rated limit. I am guessing that since they are a 55mm they are happier with wider mtb rims, rather than skinny road rims. Not sure if they have an upper rim width limit, but I would guess “fat bike” rims are out. These tires roll very well even with the enduro casing.