Originally Posted by
Tourist in MSN
Perhaps the roads you commute on are quite smooth if you find 28 or 32 mm tire width to be preferable.
Touring, if mostly pavement (tarmac) I use 37 mm or 40 mm tire width. If mostly gravel, I use 50 mm or 57 mm width.
I think you are right. I got away with loaded touring on 32s, but it does not mean they had a good safety margin.
Originally Posted by
Tourist in MSN
Perhaps the roads you commute on are quite smooth if you find 28 or 32 mm tire width to be preferable.
If you go with a derailleur system, with a 44/32/22 triple and 11-36 cassette, you will have a very nice wide range of gears for steep uphills and you will rarely run out of gears on the top end.
Okay good to know thanks. I was a little worried about the top end. I certainly don't need it for touring. But if I do use the bike for commuting afterwards I would like to have plenty of boogey to avoid being passed on the narrow streets around here.