Originally Posted by
Atlas Shrugged
Your premise is flawed in that you figure the increasing popularity of wider tires is because there are no substantive performance differences and that it is a trend. The use of wider tires is not like the preference towards neon colours which could be considered a trend. Much like friction shifting, steel lugged frames, toe clips, tubular tires, 5 speed freewheels, rim brakes, etc. are or have been phased out due to performance advantages so are narrow high pressure tires.
I guess I kind-of succeeded because you seem to think I prefer narrow tires. Nope, I prefer wide, and the arguments for why they perform well is fairly convincing to me. Trend doesn't mean meaningless trend.