Originally Posted by
Lemond1985
Anyone else notice slower climbing speeds on wide tires?
I haven't carefully tested different tires widths on the same bike, but across bikes I haven't noticed anything that's easily-distinguishable.
Even on my gravel bike with its 2.1" tires, my paved climbing speeds tend to be about 5-6% slower than what I get on my Emonda, which is mostly explained by its 10lb weight penalty: for me that's a bike+rider difference of about 5%, nearly all of which is coming from things other than the tires. That's on top of a silly high-trail steering geometry which makes the gravel bike feel very floppy out of the saddle at low speeds.