Tyres; how wide is too wide?

[Veganpower]

This may not be new news but I thought I would share it anyway.

This blog is messing with my melon. I love my bike and the whole allure of racing/road bikes. The thin tyres are a part of the sexiness.

should I be using 25mm tyres or even wider? Have a read

https://janheine.wordpress.com/2014/01/01/tires-how-wide-is-too-wide/

 

[Veganpower]

Too wide is when they don't fit.

It seems so.

 

[vorsprung]

Google "fat bike" and tell me that 25mm is "wide"

 

[Jon George]

Give it a couple of years and Le Tour will be won by someone using the equivalent of MTB tyres. And yes, you are right, the blog does indeed mess with your head. I need a beer ...

 

[Paul.G.]

This may not be new news but I thought I would share it anyway.

This blog is messing with my melon. I love my bike and the whole allure of racing/road bikes. The thin tyres are a part of the sexiness.

should I be using 25mm tyres or even wider? Have a read

https://janheine.wordpress.com/2014/01/01/tires-how-wide-is-too-wide/

I've always stuck to 23c on the road bike but I can see advantages for going up to 25c for a bit more comfort, might give them a try next time I need to change them. On the cross bike I run 35's and have to say they do actually roll quite well, these are scwalble marathon race folders.

 

[totallyfixed]

I haven't read the blog but I am going to mess with your head a bit more [mainly because it is late and I have sampled a glass o home made plonk].
I have some 23's that look like 23's and some that are more like 25's, my 28's however look like 25's but ride like 28's, I also have some 28's that are way bigger than my other 28's and could pass on a murky night for 32's, but I never ride 32's. Shall we move on to tubs or have you had enough? I have more than 60 pairs of tyres hanging in the garage and life gets confusing sometimes, but by heck this rhubarb schnapps is good.
Hope that was helpful, but I accept it might not have been.

 

[Pat "5mph"]

Hope that was helpful, but I accept it might not have been.

You have morphed into Boris

 

[stu9000]

All I know is the steel MTB I bought off my bro in law for £20 is rusting in the (currently disused) polytunnel. My Ali frame carbon fork darling eats 10s of miles for breakfast.
As l slifther through mud and woodland trails I wonder about the 23c imprint on my tyre but as I break back onto tarmac all my worries fade away.

Surely thin = light and less resistance?
I'm not the athlete to make it count but that does not mean don't appreciate the advantage.

 

[Bodhbh]

The commuter currently has 2.3" big apples on it. I never ride anything thinner than 35mm. I dunno how people cope with the potholes and whatnot, maybe I've just gotten used to the luxury of turning off and crashing over everything.

There's a few cyclists on the commute on a range of bikes to compare with, and my 'feeling' based when I get scalped the most by roadies, is that the rolling resistance of the fat slicks is not much different to thin ones. But the difference in rotational weight is pretty massive. Big tyres take alot of getting up to speed, and I get scalped very hard while accelerating up.

 

[fossyant]

Once upon a time, I remember racing on 18mm tyres and training on 20mm tyres. Opinions change, and the roads have fallen appart, so the minimum is about 23mm these days.

There is a fine balance between rolling resistance and comfort and the 23-25mm seem the best compromise. Anything bigger than 23mm won't fit my two road bikes anyway. 28c tyres and above belong on MTB's in my opinion

 

[totallyfixed]

You have morphed into Boris

You are right, I think I need help, or maybe stay off alcoholic rhubarb.

 

[totallyfixed]

Close call, phew, but for Pat..............

 

[MacB]

I don't use less than 28mm now and rarely less than 32mm - my knocking around bike actually has 60mm slicks and I love them. But then I couldn't give a stuff about performance.

 

[Crackle]

I don't use less than 28mm now and rarely less than 32mm - my knocking around bike actually has 60mm slicks and I love them. But then I couldn't give a stuff about performance.

You must have bought and sold most of the tyres on the market now.

 

[Rob3rt]

Wider than 23mm is too wide, unless you have those new fangled high tech wide rimmed Zipp or HED wheels, in which case, 25mm is acceptable, anything more is too wide!