Originally Posted by
PaulRivers
It's always funny the amusing things people come up with. Latest trend is "fatter tires are faster". I can assure you, if you ride a fat tire above about 28c, you'll notice that it's slower, particularly if you get into the 40mm range. How much slower? That's a matter of some debate, and frankly on an upright bike a slight decrease in speed is often more than worth the tradeoff of the additional comfort of a fatter tire.
But if I had a Surly Crosscheck, I wouldn't do anything larger than 28c.
At my size, 32c seems to be my sweet spot, especially when riding rougher roads, gravel, crushed limestone, etc.
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