Originally Posted by
bcpriess
It's a 2006 Lemond Tourmalet with 28c 90psi Contact 2's, while I've been mostly riding 40c MSO's underinflated to about 38psi.
If you're running 40s at 38PSI, it seems weird that you'd have your 28s all the way up at 90.
A long way of asking if any of you dedicated roadies have experimented with smooth rolling, high volume (38c and up) tires and found yourselves trading in your pure road machines for more of a cross or gravel type ride.
Nope.
I ride 53s on my gravel bike, and they're quite speedy; the bike is heavy as a whole, but otherwise performs right in line with my skinny-tired road bikes.
I haven't had any particular reason to ditch my bikes with 23-28mm tires. They're adequate for my local roads, and I'm hardly inclined to N-1. Besides, if I ever decide to start running aero rims, they don't make them for 53mm 26ers...
