Originally Posted by
RichLV
Then you know my pain; except I don't have a gravel bike and want to only purchase one set of wheels. Not opposed to being stuck on 25mm tires, but just want to make sure that I'm not missing out on the 28mm wide rim hotness. If they are truly better for overall riding.
How heavy/light are you? What tires are you running now?
I'm at ~180lbs, so not small by road cycling standards, and really enjoy the low pressure that I can run with 28s and the 303S (+/- 60psi). If I were 150lbs, 28s wouldn't matter as much to me.
That said, the other thing that you need to keep in mind is that all of these modern tubeless/hookless 28s are much smaller than the typical 28s from one tire generation ago and are often more in line with the 25s that you may be used to.