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kvragu in reply to @RonnieOatmilk

Everytime I'm on the road though and I hit potholes and lumps and cracks etc, I'm pretty glad I'm not on anything thinner.

I think this makes it for me too, although personal preferences are totally fine. E.g., a friend that's been audaxing every weekend for years now swears by his 23c. My biggest tour was on the same size, but now that I switched to 42, even 30 is a pain in the ass.

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edscoble in reply to @kvragu

I think it’s likely your conception of speed is skewed.

23mm feel a hella lots faster but in reality it fits the opposite.

42mm feel hella slow cause there’s little to no road buzz at a lower pressure, but actually do the opposite.

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kvragu in reply to @edscoble

Well that's kinda what I'm saying, I can't see 23 being faster, but we still talk about 'compromise' between speed and comfort when discussing wider tyres.

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