SILCA Protocol RCG-3 Mixed Terrain Gravel Tire - 50mm

More grip, more puncture protection, and all the speed.

The RCG-3 is the successful result of SILCA's mission to make the best gravel tire on the planet.

Features

• Fast gravel tire designed for demanding Category 3 gravel racing
• Combines fast XC MTB tire characteristics with an ultra-fast road tire casing
• Supple Pulsar casing for low rolling resistance and high comfort
• Robust puncture protection with an under-tread breaker
• High impact resistance without adding excessive weight or sluggishness
• Designed to minimize hysteretic losses and maintain rolling efficiency
• Excellent traction on unpredictable and harsh terrain
• Tightly spaced center knobs for smooth, fast rolling
• Progressively larger and taller knobs toward the shoulders for cornering stability
• Increased buoyancy and contact patch when cornering
• Optimized to roll smoothly on the tread rather than deforming excessively on the casing
• Tuned for slightly higher tire pressures
• Improved contact patch stability and reduced over-deflection
• Enhanced pinch-flat protection without sacrificing traction or handling
• Overall combination of speed, suppleness, durability, puncture protection, and resilience
• Minimum Sealant Fill Recommendation: 45 mm: 90ml | 50 mm: 100ml | 55 mm: 100ml

Specifications

• 120 TPI
• SealSkin Protection
• Fastest Pulsar compound

Protocol Tire Technology

Pulsar Compound
A high performance rubber and silica race compound engineered to hold rolling efficiency, grip, and durability in balance rather than trading one away for another.

Race Casing
A race casing architecture developed around modern tire pressures, so the tire keeps its shape and its ride quality at the pressures wide rims actually run.

CarbonBead BeadLock
Carbon fiber bead technology that keeps the tire dimensionally stable across its whole life, so the width you measure at installation is the width you keep.

SealSkin
Enhanced puncture protection for terrain that asks more of the casing, adding durability where the ground is rough enough to make it part of being fast.

Tubeless Ready
Engineered for modern tubeless systems from the bead out, so sealant, valves, and lower pressures all work the way they were meant to.