Originally Posted by Fear&Trembling
The weight penalty of replacing folding Stelvios with 20 x 2.0 BAs (50/406) is going to be about 320g+ per tyre (+ 50g or so for each of the larger inner tubes).
Wow! I hadn't actually done the math, but adding almost a pound to my 19lb Swift is, as you say, significant.
Originally Posted by Fear&Trembling
I wear out small-wheeled tyres at an alarming rate, so put more miles in, if you want new tyres!
I've only got a couple hundred miles on the Stelvios, so no significant wear, but I also hadn't considered all the extra revolutions per mile. Maybe I'll be able to justify those Marathon Racers sooner than I thought.
Jack