Originally Posted by
70sSanO
My opinion, which means little, is rolling resistance has little bearing on a hybrid with an upright riding position. The worst rolling resistance tire on a drop bar road bike will probably outperform the best on a hybrid.
That said, get a lightweight higher thread count quality folding tire and base the width on what you have now for the same or more comfort.
John
I'm not sure I see that in reality, but then I'm a casual rider so most likely power constrained. With some testing I found very similar speeds between a 700x28c slick tyre on a drop bar road bike, to a 26x1.95" hybrid tyre on a flat bar hybrid bike (the road bike was about 5 seconds slower over a 2 mile lap). I certainly found the hybrid easier to ride with less concern about road surface.
I also found I could go faster on 700x40c than 700x28c because the road surface wasn't as problematic (there are some awful roads here that are bone shaking on 28mm tyres @ 100psi but not bad on 40mm tyres @ 60psi).
For hybrid commuters I'd probably go for comfort and durability.