I've been enjoying a variety of tire sizes. For a while, I was trying wide on everything. My gravel/all-road bike has two wheelsets, and both have 42-44 tires; one slick and one with tread. My commuter/front basket bike had 38s. High quality, wide tires just feel comfy as hell, even if they don't feel super "sporty."
Somewhere around there I found a good deal on Challenge 700x33 tires, so I put those on my commuter because it made fenders easier to mount. They have been great. Also along the way I got a mid-reach, steel frame road bike, and I put 35s on it (even though they might be narrower than the 33s due to rim width). It's been excellent. I think it's all down to the change in trail that comes with tire size change. Bigger tires feel less nimble. Sometimes that awesome. On a 200k brevet, when I'm exhausted, I want my bike to have slow, stable steering. It's like it's helping me out when I'm exhausted. On my road bike that I take on shorter group rides, the nimble handling of the 33-35 tires give me a fun, sports-car-like feel. So yeah, I went back a bit to give distinctive feels to each of my bicycles. Cheers! Ben On Tuesday, May 13, 2025 at 5:08:34 AM UTC-7 [email protected] wrote: > I have not, I have found a sweet spot at 42's on my Saluki and although I > have 48's for my Hillborne I also use 42's I believe more often. The > Hillborne is still in the basement on my rollers as the weather here has > been crazy and I am enjoying my Saluki as above. > On Friday, May 9, 2025 at 11:09:41 AM UTC-4 Michael Morrissey wrote: > >> Hi everyone, >> >> I'm riding my Appaloosa with 29x2.0" tires (aka 700 by 50mm), and after >> doing the Five Boro Bike Tour, I was thinking about going to skinnier >> tires. But, I'm not sure about it. I enjoy the comfort and ability to hop >> curbs that comes with the current tire size. >> >> Has anyone here gone back to, let's say 700x35 tires on their bike >> instead of the big 2" tires? Let's assume I have one bike and I bike 15 >> miles everyday in the city. >> >> Michael >> >> -- 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/ea82e440-81fb-4cda-84fc-f4cdfc59b365n%40googlegroups.com.
