Originally Posted by
Wildwood
my inquiry was serious beyond subtraction data. A legit question, I thought.
does a 10% tire size increase lead to a 10% psi reduction, or a 10% increase in load carrying capacity? Or make bumps 10% more damped?
but for a quirky reparté -
let me pick - a 10% decrease in the rolling resistance (
)
and lower psi, so the rider can feel better, generate more power and finish ahead of fellow cyclists.
Sorry I was a little snarky.
First of all, I'm not performance oriented, I'm more after that feel of just gliding over the road. Like many of us, I've been through the tire size progression 28mm to 32mm to 38mm etc. and the bigger the tires get the better it gets
for me. I have literally never thought "gee, I wish I had narrower tires".
So I just got to try 55mm road tires. Might not be rational (especially at those prices), but I gotta try them.