Originally Posted by Closed Office

I agree. The only time wide tires have an advantage is on bike paths that don't have the snow cleared. If a lot of mountain bikes are packing it down, narrower tires will sometimes sink in. That makes for difficult pedaling.

But for street and roads narrow tires are a lot less work.

My ideal tire is 700 - 32, or 27 x 1 1/4. The cheap old 27 inch tires used to have a nice amount of tread on them. I never had to bother with changing them, they were good for winter and summer. I got an expensive one and it was too slick for winter.