Originally Posted by
Carbonfiberboy
I dunno. My tires may be better:
I've don't usually pimp my tires, but these have been exceptional. Very smooth roll, fewer cuts or flats than normal, little tendency to pick up glass, great traction in the wet. These four attributes are usually incompatible. I'm running 19mm rims with 25c tires. I think they would be even nicer on 22mm or 23mm rims. Good tire for 90% of randonneurs.
I am spoiled by super-wide tires now. I have been riding handmade 25mm tubulars this week and am annoyed at how harsh they are. Twenty years ago I considered such tires the lap of luxury.
(On the racing bike with the tubulars my normal route takes me 65 minutes. On the Rohloff/Hetre bike it takes me 68. I would not race with Hetres, but at this point in my life, those three minutes couldn't be less important.)