Originally Posted by
alcjphil
How bad or good are the roads where you live? Where do you live. Around Montreal where I live roads are frost heaved during the winter resulting in very rough pavement year round. Roads are cracked and broken and poorly repaired. There is a condition on some roads I call "faux pave" feels like cobblestones but doesn't look as attractive. On good roads 700 x 25 is fine, but 700 x 28 feels better. On bad roads a good lightweight tire like the 700 x 32 GP 5000 will glide over the broken pavement much better than a 700 x 28 which will have to be run at higher pressure. The worse your roads the faster a wider tire will be compared to a narrower tire
I am in MA...roads are crappy typically. I’ve been leaning toward the 32 for this reason as well. Just don’t want to give up much speed. Seems like I will have to replace the 40mm tires that are stock though. They are “slicks” but still gonna loose some speed there.