Originally Posted by
Jarrett2
I see this mentioned a lot and it makes sense. Big, cushy tires will be more comfortable. Big, cushy tires will also be considerably slower as well.
Wrong!
But thanks for playing.
All other things being equal (like the GP4000s tested for that article), wider tires have less rolling resistance. They will be a bit heavier, but that only matters when accelerating or (to a far lesser extent) climbing.