Thread: How much of a difference does tire width make on road bike performance?
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Old 09-30-19, 08:49 AM
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Huge. Bigger = better. I just test rode a Jones LWB with 29*3.0 tires and it rode better than anything with about 10-11 PSI.

Sub 50MM tires are for a sprint finish and not actually riding.

Others can fight me but the science bears this out.
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