Originally Posted by
TenGrainBread
As far as I'm concerned, 23mm tires (and narrower) was an idiotic aberration of the 80s and 90s that we are just now starting to recover from as a culture. Anybody who thinks riding tires in the 30-40mm range on a road bike is a "modern" phenomenon forgets that "wide" tires like that were par for course on road bikes in the 50s, 60s, 70s, and before.
We raced on 23s back in the 60s and even smaller sometimes. Small tire section tires weren't just an 80s or 90s deal. That said, I'm much happier on 25 Gatorskins on my modern bikes, and 28 Paselas on my vintage rides. Even my old Legnano race bike is on 28s now and loving it. I got the CR18s and new Pasela 28s on the Legnano. It rides great, but the tall brake tracks take come getting used to visually, but it sure stops nice with new smooth brake tracks!