Originally Posted by aclinjury

man, dude, you have brought up the word "science" multiple times in this thread and telling us that skinnier tires are "less efficient" (whatever efficiency means we don't know),..
and then you say wider tire gives larger contact patch and thus is safer in cornering?? I wonder how much you really know about science?

First of all, skinnier tire doesn't mean smaller contact patch area, but a different contact patch profile.
Secondly, bigger contact patch doesn't mean higher mechanical grip in corners, because mechanical grip almost entirely rely on rubber type. This is the reason why MotoGP front tires are smaller than their rears while still providing tremendous mechanical grip (because they use softer rubber).

Lastly, I posted a youtube video of a guy on 23mm tires railing at speed that I'm sure nobody in here with their wider tires will come even close. So please stop the nonsense.

There are legit cases of using wider tires for comfort and traction (which is not the same as grip) like in gravels and mtb, but please don't falsely extrapolate this use onto pavement. You're actually doing a disservice posting misleading information.