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Old 03-21-19, 02:58 PM
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JerrySTL
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Originally Posted by TheRef
What are your thoughts on riding a road bike with 25 or 28mm tires? (I've seen you tube videos of people riding road bike set ups with skinny tires)
25s are probably a bad idea. 28mm could be OK. I weight 220 lbs and have used 700x32 tires the 8 times that I've done the entire Katy. I have ridden short sections of it on 25s but it was rather rough.

I just bought a gravel bike with 650bx47 tires which is probably overkill for the Katy, but I'm looking forward riding it there shortly.

One thing that I would recommend is fenders. They really help if the Katy is wet or even dusty dry.
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