Skinny wheels v potholes

[Davidc]

if you have half decent wheels and tyres then all you should have to worry about is staying on the bike. Bad pot holes can easily have you off.

 

[BADGER.BRAD]

I've took to commuting on my full sus MTB lately, at least if I do hit one of our local holes I stand a chance of staying upright, the roads here in Dudley West Midlands are horrific and most fixes by the local council end as a seriously rough bodge only to appear year after year. The three other local councils do a good job with a clear difference in quality of repairs. Riding my little motorbike has become rather scary even driving a car is bad ! I certainly would't want to go back to a skinny tyred road bike, the ride would be much too harsh. Having said that my commute is under 3 miles each way so the extra wieght and rolling resistance of the fat tyres is not too much of a problem !

 

[J4CKO]

The wheels on my Allez Elite are lasting better than those on my Cannondale hybrid, well the back one is (front never been an issue) I think because anticipating 16 stone of me and luggage I specified to Paul at Rick greens a sturdier rear wheel which he duly built, still perfectly true 2,000 ish miles later wheras the Cannondale factory build kept breaking spokes and is out of true and slightly ovoid, I dont ride it any differently !

So, big thumbs up for hand built wheels and Pauls wheel building.