Where does tire weight factor in to all this? I personally find lighter tires to be faster for the most part, whether they're 23mm or 38mm (the widths I am running on my Paul Taylor and Rivendell respectively).
On Thu, Jan 2, 2014 at 8:21 AM, Jan Heine <hein...@earthlink.net> wrote: > Even though most RBW folks may not care all that much about going fast, > it's still nice to know that a wider tire doesn't roll any slower. We > summarized the data in our blog here: > > http://janheine.wordpress.com/2014/01/01/tires-how-wide-is-too-wide/ > > If anything, it may help persuade those we meet on our rides, who look at > our bikes and are intrigued by the idea of a more comfortable bike with > wider tires, but are afraid they won't be able to keep up with their > friends if they add 5 or 10 mm to their tire width. > > Happy New Year! > > Jan Heine > Editor > Bicycle Quarterly > www.bikequarterly.com > > Follow our blog at www.janheine.wordpress.com > > -- > 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 post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > -- Keep the metal side up and the rubber side down! -- 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 post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
