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Antti Salonen
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Ivar Hesselager <[email protected]> wrote:
> It is obvious that if you give priority to comfort and tracking, you
> should prefer af 25 mm to a 23 mm.
And why not 28 mm to 25 mm while you're at it...
> But even if you give priority to speed, the 25 mm tire appears to be the
> better choice. But nobody knows.
I don't think anybody has questioned the fact that the higher the
pressure, the lower the rolling resistance. Narrower tyres can handle
higher pressures while causing less stress for the rim. If you want
pressures higher than what 25 mm tyres can take you must use a narrower
tyre.
I always pump my 23 mm tyres pretty hard. 9 bar in the rear and 8 in
the front feel pretty good. As a lightweight rider (70 kg including the
bike) I absolutely don't need such high pressures, but then it doesn't
bother me at all and I can ride my usual mileage without any discomfort.
Even if the increase in rolling resistance might be very small, it
doesn't seem like a bad deal to me.
-as
> It is obvious that if you give priority to comfort and tracking, you
> should prefer af 25 mm to a 23 mm.
And why not 28 mm to 25 mm while you're at it...
> But even if you give priority to speed, the 25 mm tire appears to be the
> better choice. But nobody knows.
I don't think anybody has questioned the fact that the higher the
pressure, the lower the rolling resistance. Narrower tyres can handle
higher pressures while causing less stress for the rim. If you want
pressures higher than what 25 mm tyres can take you must use a narrower
tyre.
I always pump my 23 mm tyres pretty hard. 9 bar in the rear and 8 in
the front feel pretty good. As a lightweight rider (70 kg including the
bike) I absolutely don't need such high pressures, but then it doesn't
bother me at all and I can ride my usual mileage without any discomfort.
Even if the increase in rolling resistance might be very small, it
doesn't seem like a bad deal to me.
-as