Originally Posted by
Looigi
Unless there are big rocks or soft ground, 23mm tires are fine. You can ride lots of dirt, gravel and even some single track on a road bike with no problem. And you won't know unless you try it.
Perhaps with one of the other bikes ... I was riding my baby. I'd sooner walk barefoot carrying my bike than subject it to the gravel. The best option of course was to turn around and ride back. Good thing for cell phones, even if the GPS maps steer you wrong, I could phone my wife to let her know that I'd be a while.
Also interesting to see that my experience is not unique. Could start a thread ... all the places we've ridden that we never expected