I apologize for the hijack but since it looks like this thread may have run its course, perhaps I can glom onto it now with a question that kind of fits in here anyway...
The reason I am considering the light wheel build that I posted early on in this thread is for wider rims that everybody is raving about nowadays. But the fact is that I am a luddite who grew up on tiny tires and still prefer narrower tires on the road to this day. To me 25s are kinda fat & 28s are ginormous, but please let's not start down that road right here or now. My question is:
Do wider rims provide any benefit when combined with...errr...not-big tires?
TIA...