Re: Suspension losses

On 6/21/2025 3:59 AM, Roger Merriman wrote:

Frank Krygowski <frkrygow@sbcglobal.net> wrote:

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

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Who is saying they should ride 40mm tyres?
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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.
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Not seen anyone claiming 40mm tyres should be ridden quite apart from
anything else relatively few road bikes will fit 40mm.

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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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Even with the caveat that he’s not really mainstream, he sells sub 40mm
tyres 30mm/33 or so?
 Don’t recall him being quite so literal, my way or nothing, all advice and
indeed reviews seem to be it depends particularly at the 40mm end!

Right, he's not commanding we all ride 40mm tires. What salesman would do that? But he spends a good amount of his text output praising ever wider tires, even for normal pavement.
Looks like he sells one 28mm tire in 700c, and his road tires go up to 55mm.
<https://www.renehersecycles.com/product-category/components/tires/700c/>
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- Frank Krygowski