I agree with your choice for pavement riding -- I don't need anything fatter than 32 mm (in fact, if the 32mm-labeled Elk Pass was a true 32 mm on my admittedly narrow rims, I'd rise from 26" tire Paradise to 26" tire Nirvana (both Buddhist), but even at 28 mm on 19 mm OW rims, they're heavenly (generic metaphorical sense) except on our 5" wide pavement expansion cracks.
But: You say that you "know that the bigger tires are not as fast." *How do you know? * My own experience is that the tire width to speed relationship is all over the place for tires of similar construction (and cost), what with all the variables in speed involved (and also by the fast that I haven't measured anything except seat-of-pants ease of given cadence in given gear in given conditions). To wit: 622 X 60MM Big One ultralights feel as fast as the Elk Passes and both feel faster than extra light 42 mm Naches Passes. But again, variables, variables. On Fri, Aug 26, 2022 at 10:19 AM Will Boericke <wboeri...@gmail.com> wrote: > On pavement, I see no need for anything beyond 32. I'm light, I like to > go fast on pavement, and despite what JH says, I know that the bigger tires > are not as fast. -- 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 rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/CALuTfgtiAeVZjeEQxMM4GZHm3YztpncALuKpi-8jgcx36%2BDbgw%40mail.gmail.com.
