Find this whole conversation interesting. While I consider any tire 38mm too skinny to ride, a number of friends are now at the point where anything under 50mm is too skinny. Guess I could say that tastes change and people adapt.
And that line of thinking is starting to make more sense to me. Honestly, in the past couple weeks have been toying with selling both my Rivendell bikes and buying something that takes at least a 2.5 inch wide tire. For my type of riding, and considering the continuing deterioration of road conditions, it's seeming to be more logical. Eric Platt St. Paul, MN On Sat, Feb 1, 2014 at 11:17 PM, Eric Norris <campyonly...@me.com> wrote: > Granted, they're not the best for gravel, but 700x25 tires look pretty > darn wide to most cyclists, who are used to seeing 700x20 or 23 tires. I > have a set on the Motobecane that I purchased from Patrick in ABQ, and I've > had people ask me if they are 30-something in width. > > Going from 700x20 to 700x25 isn't getting you all the way to a set of > 42mm-wide Grand Bois, but it's a step in the right direction and plenty > wide for most people, who will probably do 99.9% of their riding on smooth > pavement. > > Maybe having a bike that will accommodate 700x28 will encourage this > person to try those out ... and I can testify based on personal experience > that 700x28 is a pretty darn good tire size as well. > > --Eric > campyonly...@me.com > www.campyonly.com > www.wheelsnorth.org > Blog: http://campyonlyguy.blogspot.com > Twitter: @campyonlyguy > > > -- 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.
