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From: Memphis TN area

Bikes: 2011 Felt Z85 (road/commuter), 2006 Marin Pine Mountain (utility/commuter E-bike), 1995 KHS Alite 1000 (gravel grinder)

Originally Posted by CliffordK
Each person will be a bit different.

I'm of the narrow camp. But, I ride a drop bar road bike, and not a hybrid. If I had a hybrid, it would get converted to a drop bar cyclocross/gravel bike.

My Tricross with 32mm tires remains parked most of the time because I believe it has more rolling resistance than my road bikes.

I avoid potholes, road cracks, sewer grates, and glass with a passion.

People laugh at me for towing a cargo trailer with my Colnago... so I changed over to towing it with the Litespeed, and they still laugh at me

Anyway, I was just poking around town a bit today... 37 miles RT.

My tire of choice is 23mm, or currently 25mm. I've been trying a few different tires. I did well for the last 2 summers riding 25mm Origin8 Elimin8ers. I had a 25mm Marathon on last winter, and this spring. I have to decide if it will go back on this fall as it has a pretty deep gouge in it. Also experimenting with some 25mm Panaracers, not sure about those. Gator Harshells or 4 seasons?
GP4S's are great if you don't ride in any snow or ice. In my experience they're great in wet weather. But also in my experience, tread life doesn't seem that great. I got maybe 4K miles out of my rear GP4S tire. My front GP4S had about 5500 miles before getting moved to the back, and I've put on another 1K or so since then. I don't expect it to last much longer.
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