I know people who don't like the feel of wider tires but I can't understand it. The narrowest tire I'm interested in running these days is 40mm and even then I don't think the trade off makes sense. If I were racing, or trying to hang with fitter riders than I on club rides, maybe. I had been running the Sam as my drop bar bike with Babyshoe Pass or Pumpkin Ridge (both measuring around 40mm) but recently swapped the drop bars to my Bombadil on 48mm tires and the difference is significant in terms of how I can ride the bike (ie hopping curbs, hitting sections of rooty or rocky trail, or bad pavement) but negligible in terms of how fast I am going. The payoff is clear for me. Above 48mm I think there are quickly diminishing returns though, particularly because running any lower pressure (I run my 48mm around 28-30 psi) will result in poor feel on pavement anyway.
Definitely agree with trying things out as the opportunities present themselves, but don't fall prey to this idea that you need narrow tires to be fast on pavement. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/751c22bf-2df6-4244-a15e-6fe3dfd7fc3bn%40googlegroups.com.
