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@kerley
Unsurprisingly I am not wrong.
The maximum braking is just as the wheel is locking. With more rubber this point is higher due to larger amount of grip and with a better brake the point could actually be reached.
If the road bike brake cannot get close to locking up the bigger tyre then it is not providing the maximum braking.
And the lifting the back wheel comment is again only because people choose to ride a road bike where that can happen. If really interested in shortest stopping distance then that would not be the best choice of bike.
Oh, and remember it is not always dry. In the pissing rain you still think your road race bike with rim brakes and 23c tyres is going to stop as well as a disc brake monster tyred thing?