Originally Posted by
HerrKaLeun
going from 50mm to 40mm tires will not give you a better ride, will be worse.
if any changes to drivetrain, don't use 10-speed. May as well go to 11-speed.
i don't know how powerful you are, but a 50T chainring will be very fast, if you ever go that fast.
I know that the 40mm are less plush tires.. But most of the tires I have been looking at stop at 40mm or below.. So the tires "riding better" is more about the quality
of the tire over the stock Giant 50mm.. And confidence with Grip.. I hear often how these other tires are more grippy when you push the bike harder than the stock Giant tires..
Thankfully.. my legs are strong.. so I can push the power down.. But the reason I was going for a 10 speed cassette was as I looked through prices..
The 10 speed groupsets I was finding was a bit less expensive.. The whole upgrade I created a list for really did show significant less expensive..
I noticed that many ppl have done what I plan to do.. not so much with the 10speed set up.. But with the mixing of a 105 crank with MTB cassette and shifters SLX/XT.. I find that interesting