Originally Posted by
jamesdak
25mm for sure is still my favorite. I'll just hate the dead, slow feeling I get when I go past 28mm for sure. I've tried running 30 and 32 on a few bikes the past couple of years and just did not like it at all. Feels like it's taking the life out of a good steel bike when I try that size. Obviously, I appear to be in the minority now days, LOL!
Heck, I'm fine on my bikes that only fit 23mm even. That despite the fact I ride on rough chipseal all the time.
I agree. Although I mentioned before that I run 38mm tires on the Miyata 610 (and I do enjoy the ride), I also have to say that on all my other bikes I run mostly 25mm tires with no problems. On my KHS Aero, the frame would only take 23mm (and barely at that)- I was prepared to hate the ride. But it turns out that the ride really was not bad at all with the Veloflex Corsa. A modern soft casing tire combined with TPU tubes really does work like magic in improving the ride with these narrow tires. It makes a huge difference. I think a lot of people remember riding on some cheapo 23mm commuter tire with heavy butyl tube, and came to the conclusion that 23mm= the Suck. It doesn't have to be that way at all.