...you seem to have joined the forum recently. While we can probably use all the members we can get, the ones with very strong and definite opinions, such as the one you have expressed here, generally don't seem to go the distance.

You can take that for what it's worth.

If you have any numbers that demonstrate more rolling resistance in Panaracer Pasela tyres, I'd very much like to see them. Otherwise, this is more of the wider is better Kool Aid that seems to be making the rounds these days. It makes no more sense than all those years everyone was certain that sub 1" tyres were going to put them on the podium in Cat racing. Tyre width and speed in relation to road surface is a complex model that you have done no justice. Good luck in here, because I sense you might need some.

I can assure you that based both on numbers and on personal experience, tyre weight is, indeed, a significant factor in both acceleration and overall feel of a bicycle. If you don't "get" that, maybe it's the sort of riding that you have done that would explain it. Or maybe it's something that you read somewhere. Rotational weight is dreadfully important on a wheel for something like a bicycle. I'm no weight weenie, but I know what works, sir.