Originally Posted by
tiredone
Also, anyone with experience running tires as wide as the stock (700x40) for road use? Widest I've experienced is currently 700x28 on the Roubaix and those feel really nice & comfortable, but 40 seems... pretty wide for my exclusively road use. (
http://www.bikeforums.net/recreation...a-cm-comp.html) and one poster says those tires might have a bit high rolling resistance for road use.
I don't think the width would be as important as the knobbed tires. I went from a pretty mild traction tires (Vittoria Randos) to slick (Conti Grand Prix) and the difference was huge. It feels like I'm riding on butter. In any case, no problem riding wider tires on primarily pavement--it can be very comfortable, since you can run them with lower pressure.
[Edit] I think that bike would be gorgeous with some SKS longboard fenders on it. Hope you go for it!