sreten wrote:Mick F wrote:Also, that perhaps some "less wide" tyres roll better than some wider tyres.
All this is very subjective.
Hi,
The opposite argument is very much the case in this thread.
No one has subjectively backed trying fatter tyres and going
back to skinny tyres, the skinny types just insist they are better.
Not quite,Meic has,though hasn't,as yet stated which type of wider tyre he's compared his narrow HP Rubino's with.
(Without ever trying fatter, so its just dogmatic opinion.)
Its pretty obvious who have their "heads in the sand".
Like the pretension of the above, just claim the opposite.
rgds, sreten.
FWIW and IME the only thing wide 32mm> supple quality tyres(slicks or near slick) have against them is weight and unless they are made paper thin and impractical,will always be so,a quality 23 to 28mm(actualsize)supple slick comes in at around 235 to 295g,compared to a 35mm(actual)similar quality tyre @395g ie;Hypers(there are a couple of Grand Bois tyres lighter),which is a whopping 100g
.
The air chamber(read suspension)is huge by comparison and the bigger tyres,because of that,are able to be ridden at a lot lower pressure(IME up to 30%+ lower) without loss of rolling resistance.
The heavier tyre will take a little more energy to wind up to speed but at the kind of speeds most of us ride at(I'm suspecting mid 'teens averges with about 12mph for touring with a load) the extra energy consumption is negligible.
The real plus is comfort,especially on long rides,which shows toward the day's end and if a rider feels 'beat up' toward the end of a ride it is cumulative on back to back multi day riding,especially for us weak and feeble old 'uns
My(practical) 2d's worth