Originally Posted by Coloradopenguin
I'll give the 28c a try. jm01 -- I've already got the LBS set to swap out the drive train to a touring setup similar to the 7.5fx. Coming from the mtb side, I'm not a speed demon but I want to be able to tackle the "hills" of western Colorado without worrying about getting to the top.
Like late said -- reliability and comfort are more important than speed. I'm assuming I'll have more flats with 28c or 32c than I'm dealing with on my fat mtb tires.
sounds like the 7.5fx (or the 7.7fx if you want to break the piggybank) will bring those hills to their knees. The 28c's should work...I prefer a wider tire because we have some light gravel and sand on some of the roads we ride up here...
We ride the Niagara Escarpment around Georgian Bay, and the 7.5fx is perfect...my wife rides her Trek 7300 hybrid or her hybridized vintage Peugeot roadie on asphalt (the 7300 has a very similar drive train to the 7.5fx and gives her a more upright riding position which she likes)
a pic of her catching up to me on a road ride a couple of weeks ago (1000' vertical over 3 miles) and one of her favourite roadie