Yeah...one of my first road bikes came with 23's. I upgraded to 25's and it was a big difference. Blew one out and had to replace so I made the jump to 28's. I'll never ride on the road again with smaller than a 28 on my bike. I got rid of my road bike and now I have a "gravel" bike that will take 40's or larger. I'm rolling on 35's at the moment but I'm having a second wheel set built so one will have road tires and the other will be gravel tires. I'm going to bump up the road tires to 32's once the 28's I have are worn.