Originally Posted by
gomango
We are doing 107 miles of a 250 mile trip this summer on gravel.
Hopefully it's all hard packed as I'm only running 700x30s.
I really see no point in going super wide if you are on pavement 100% of the time, but soft, fresh or wet gravel can change everything rather quickly.
Then I went a nice wide, plush tire.
Something I can drop the air pressure on and float over rocks, sand, muck etc.
For that kind of riding, my Centurion with 27x1.25's would do. Back in the 70's we rode in anything with our 10-speed bikes.