Originally Posted by
Doge
If you ARE going to be hitting pot holes, I change my response to go 27/28mm clincher, or go 25/26 tubular which are about equal in hole hitting ability without rim damage as they both have about the same about of air outside the rim.
Why do you think so? If actual, measured widths and heights of the mounted tyres are the same, the amount of air above the rim will be the same. Clincher will also have air between the sidewalls, but that's extra, it doesn't take anything from the air above.