Originally Posted by
TransitBiker
Have you thought of putting the less fatter one in front & fatter fatter one in back?
- Andy
I had not, actually. Is this common? I guess since the front tire is the first to "hit", I would think having a beefier front tire would be advantageous..?
Originally Posted by
CrankyOne
Our bikes (other than track and road race) are mostly 700 x 45c or 650 x 35a. Almost all Schwalbe Marathons. The 45c's are quite strongly preferred. They're not quite as fast, but much more comfortable. Getting somewhere comfortably in 32 minutes vs uncomfortably in 30 minutes, I'll take the extra 2 minutes.
I'm definitely going for more comfort, my commute is only about ten minutes anyways. Don't think anything bigger than 40c will fit on my bike, though.
I gotta swing by my LBS and pick up some skewers I left there like a dummy, will see if they have any 38c or 40c tired bikes on the floor that I could check out.