Tire size change?

[Porknz]

New to biking and I only know the tires my bike came with. They are Terevail Sparwoods. Unfortunately Terevail says they don't have any Sparwoods and it's going to be a while before they do. I'm looking at the Terevail Washburn, which probably makes more sense for me since I ride almost all road and no gravel, but they are slightly smaller tires, and I'm not sure what difference it might make. Sparwoods are 27.5 x 21, and the Washburns are 47mm. Any thoughts on changing sizes?

Thanks.

 

[Mo1959]

Presume you mean 2.1 in which case 47mm isn’t all that much narrower and sound like they will be fine, especially for more road oriented use.

 

[Cycleops]

Slightly different size shouldn’t make any difference. At $60 each they’re not cheap and don’t appear to have any puncture resistance measures. I’d also look at what Schwalbe have to offer. One user posted this on their (Teravail) site:
“Since using this product for less than 3 months (600 miles) on road and compact gravel I have got over 8 punctures. Very disappointed with them as expected them to be more resilient and suitable for compact gravel.”

Their Marathon models are well thought of on here and offer a good price/performance ratio as well as puncture resistance.

 

[Mo1959]

I have Schwalbe Marathon Supremes on my hybrid. Highly recommend them. Decent puncture protection but without being quite as heavy and slow rolling as the full on Marathon Plus.

 

[si_c]

Worth looking at other brands of tyre too, not heard of Terevail before, but WTB come highly recommended. Something like the WTB Horizon would be a great choice given you rarely ride anything other than road - a much slicker tyre despite similar overall sizing (650b x 47mm).

 

[jdh72]

I'd consider sizing up to max out what your frame and forks can take esp if you ride off road.

Ive found teravail are well undersized by a few mm. My Sparwood 2.2s measured under 50mm inflated.