Re: Suspension losses

On 6/20/2025 4:43 PM, Roger Merriman wrote:

 Who is saying they should ride 40mm tyres?
 I’ve seen some reviews of 40mm road tyres which broadly comes down to
comfortable but almost certainly slower than 28/32 though non racers may
well make that choice.
 Not seen anyone claiming 40mm tyres should be ridden quite apart from
anything else relatively few road bikes will fit 40mm.

These days I think the main proponent of such wide tires is Jan Heine, publisher of Bicycle Quarterly. IIRC he rides something like 40mm very frequently even on smooth-ish pavement. But his articles seem to describe his typical routes as having lots of gravel.
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