Originally Posted by
tomato coupe
Guys that actually ride fast would disagree. The standard tire width for Paris-Roubaix is 28mm. This year's winner of the brutal Dirty Kanza was on 42mm tires, and he's a pretty big guy (170 lbs). If wider tires were faster, they would use them.
You would be surprised how hard it is for good ideas to permeate in to competition - the
PR is one thing, but I would absolutely argue wider than 42 tires would benefit the DK competitors. That said, buying a bike or tires based on competitions which you have no intent of entering is nonsense.