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The Hutchinson Caracal Race GS combines record-breaking speed with elite GridSkin technology, making it the ultimate choice for racing on rough terrain.
The Hutchinson Caracal Race GS combines record-breaking speed with elite GridSkin technology, making it the ultimate choice for racing on rough terrain.
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Hutchinson Caracal Race Gridskin Gravel Tyre in Black - Tan

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Hutchinson Caracal Race Gridskin Gravel Tyre in Black - Tan

Season:2026

Brand:Hutchinson

Code:KLB.ECAR.RT.SG.LACARAC.RY

The Caracal Race Gridskin starts from a simple premise: the fastest gravel tyre in the world is even better when it can't be stopped. Built on the same race-bred foundation as the Caracal Race, the Gridskin variant adds a knitted mesh sidewall shield that changes the calculus on rough and unpredictable terrain — without compromising the speed that made the original exceptional.

Under the GridSkin layer, the architecture is unchanged. The SwiftEasy 127 TPI casing delivers the same remarkable suppleness that allows the tyre to deform naturally over loose ground, maintaining contact and momentum where a stiffer casing would deflect and lose traction. The Mach Tread 3.0 compound at the contact patch rolls with the same lively energy return and tear-resistant durability, keeping pace with anything the Caracal Race can do on the clock.

What GridSkin adds is resilience. The knitted mesh is engineered to isolate cuts and tears in the sidewall — stopping a sharp flint edge or a rock strike from propagating into a failure that ends your ride. It's a proactive protection system rather than a reactive one, designed to absorb and contain damage rather than simply resist it. The impact on ride quality is minimal; the impact on finishing rates on aggressive terrain is not.

The Gridskin finish is distinctive — a speckled technical appearance that makes the protection visible and sets it apart from the standard model. It's available in one colourway, and in 700x40c (500g), 700x45c (590g) and 700x50c (590g) — a modest weight premium for significantly more peace of mind on the roughest sections of any race or long-distance ride.

Tubeless ready, SwiftEasy casing, made in France.

Features:

  • Tubeless ready (TR), fits tubeless rims with no inner tube and also standard rims with inner tube.
  • Bead: folding.
  • Hutchinson's fastest compound ever developed: +25% energy return, +10% hardness, +75% tearing performance vs 11 Storm.
  • Weight: 500g.
  • ETRTO size: 40-622.
  • €69.20
    EUR
  • $94.11
    AUD
  • $93.33
    CAD
  • $114.95
    NZD
  • $66.01
    USD
  • CHF53.23
    CHF
  • kr760.01
    SEK
  • kr8,315.96
    ISK
  • kr517.20
    DKK
  • kr643.18
    NOK
  • ¥10,645.50
    JPY
  • Technical Information

    SurfaceUseTyre SizeETRTOCasingReinforcementCompoundColourTPIWeightSKU
    GravelRace700X4040-622Tubeless Ready / SwiftEasy CasingGridskinMach Tread 3.0Gridskin127500gPV533561
    GravelRace700X4545-622Tubeless Ready / SwiftEasy CasingGridskinMach Tread 3.0Gridskin127590gPV533571
    GravelRace700X5050-622Tubeless Ready / SwiftEasy CasingGridskinMach Tread 3.0Gridskin127590gPV533851
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