Originally Posted by
veganbikes
But compared to a 28c tire? If you could have the same bike with wider tires (and clearance for them) I cannot imagine you would say 23c is the more comfortable.
I know there are a bunch of holdouts but the science has moved on.
He has already said, multiple times, that he prefers the feeling he gets from 23mm tires pumped up to 140 psi, that this makes him feel more connected to the road - it FEELS faster even it is objectively slower. So even if a setup is objectively faster and with measurably less jarring and jostling, that's not what he wants.
He's more comfortable being jostled. And that's his right.