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The time has come; the summer bike is going to take leave of the turbo and be readied for the outside world. This is the year for tubeless... so I was thinking the Vittoria Corsas, but apparently they wear out just by looking at them. Great for racing, terrible for using on normal rides.
I've been using GP4000s for the past 4 or 5 years - don't mind the way they wear, but am looking forward to leaving the random and frequent sidewall disasters behind.
Schwalbe Pro Ones then? All I can currently find are 28s. On a Pacenti SL23 - anyone know what the effective width will be? Pretty sure my bike's got clearance for 28s... but I worry if I pick up a bit of grit on a hot tar road it'll get stuck between frame/fork and the tyre, locking things up or worse. Mind you that's happened on a 25 before; maybe less clearance would mean less chance of grit getting in there.
I'll stop typing. Any good advice out there?