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While I can for the most part keep up with the faster riders in the group with this setup, I sense that it is a slower bike than my Trek Koppenberg or my Argon18 Gallium Pro with their lighter weight and 23mm tires. But it's a good bike overall that is of course more forgiving of irregular road surface conditions and that can handle any on or off-road situation, and with nary a puncture. |
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I've got a set EL Barlow Passes on my gravel bike. I am impressed by how well they do on the road. Still, for a pure road ride, I'm on 700x25s (which actually measure 28mm wide).
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Two of my three road bikes still sport 23mm tires because I simply haven't felt any improvement with wider tires for the types of road surfaces I typically ride them on. The third road bike has 25mm tires because I wanted to experience what everyone was talking about re: wider tires, and it turns out 28mm don't fit on that bike. My gravel bike has 32mm slicks now, though I've also used 35 and 37mm knobbies on that bike and may change back depending on anticipated usage. 38mm for fast paved riding? Seriously, drugs. |
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No group rides for me, so no problem for me. Shakka brah! |
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I’ve been riding Compass EL Something Pass in 35 for a lot of rides on my “allroad” bike.
When I take out ye olde Spooky Skeletor with mere 28c tubs, I feel like I have a constant tailwind. That said, feeling aside, I don’t see radically different numbers on familiar routes. |
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23 mm. I ride track so I need that nartow width.
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For Bay Area riders, what width 650b would you use for gravel, single track in the area? @joosttx, etc.
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I'm with Jan on this one. I'll agree with the weight comment and the spin style from Clean - 205 at a fighting weight, I'm roughly a pound per centimetre of height.
48s on my gravel wheels (and 57s I haven't tried... I just can't believe wider on a regular bike makes any sense. Still bought 'em though heh), 38s on my dynamo "all road" wheels. 32s on my commuter only because that's the limit of the frame, but that bike doesn't go offroad. My CAAD9 doesn't take larger than a 25 on the back with a 23mm rim and as a result I only like that bike for criterium racing, which is to say that if you include the Kurt trainer, a laptop on a stand and Zwift in the offseason, I have a very practical and modular spin bike that transforms into a road bike for anyone willing to ride rock hard skinny tires. I rode it once last year. It "felt" fast on smooth pavement a dry, sunny day. That was cool. Not cool enough to ride it again though. |
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For fireroading, I switch between the rigid 29er and gravel drop bar. I like the better control I get using mtn bars on single track. The rigid 29er has become my goto for Mt. Sutro/Laguna Honda in SF. The FS 29er gets pulled out for bigger stuff like Skeggs, Tamarancho, Demo, and China Camp. I don't think I'd want to go any narrower than a 2.25 for Bay Area single track. Though I used to ride all these places on a rigid 26er, 2.10s pumped to concrete-level suppleness, and cantis. And once I rode Skeggs and Demo on a CX with 32s. I was at Skeggs yesterday and demo'd my brother's new Ripmo with 2.5 Maxxis Assegai (I think) tires. Those tires/width hooked up much better than the Racing Ralph I had on my Ripley. I'll probably get something more aggressive on the next tire and see if I can squeeze in something bigger. |
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Maybe DHF/Aggressor as a start? Assegai is a hardcore Enduro/gravity tire. My gravel bike is almost always wearing 650b x 2ish. I like it a lot better on trails and road compared to 700x40. Probably an experience akin to the old school 26er. Last edited by Jaybee; 09-25-2019 at 08:39 AM. |
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This is alluded in a comment on Heine's post by Michael Martinov, and Heine responds. Quote:
When I get rid of that bike, I can see getting a road bike (or all-road bike?) designed for 32-38mm slick tires. Until then, I can't answer the question properly. There is no way I could try my primary road bike with 28mm and 38mm tires. If I could try it, I suspect I'd find my bike a bit sluggish, but that's a design issue not inherent to the tires. In absolute terms, 25-28mm is fine on roads in the Twin Cities roads, and it doesn't feel too harsh. |
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