Hello guys.
I am ridding a Specialized Globe Sport. It's a hybrid bike with 700x35c tires. I wonder if I could change tires so I could get better overall ridding performance. I was wondering if I could put thinner tires on those wheels.
Another doubt i have is whether thinner tires (say 700x25 or 28) are suited for the kind of roads I travel in. Lisbon roads have a lot of potholes and some uneven pavement. Would a 700x25 tire get damaged in uneven roads or with small potholes even though it is properly inflated?
Kind regards,
Pedro.
[attachment=2128] me again, hutchinson top slick protectair 700x32 are perfect for you
pictured on trek730 remake on this site
instead of a tube liner it is built in the tire itself hench the name
PROTECTAIR
100PSI TIRES NOT PRICED TO BAD
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those look great also I would put those on my too. tough call
you can find the hutchinsons for around 15 to 25 us dollar
how much are those
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Hello guys.
Just to update this. It might be of use for some. I didn't go for 700x28 tires as I planned. Actually, I went even thinner - 700x23! I thought that some of these wouldn't fit, but as I saw a friend's hybrid bike with a pair of those, I really decided I wanted to try to fit that width.
I choose some red sided Michelin Dynamic Sport. I have had those for about 3 weeks and I am getting something a little more puncture resistant in a near future. I've had 2 punctures so far, due to glass slivers. Don't really know how can a 700x23 road tire resist to glass pieces broken on the road. Any thoughts on this?
The tires are really fast and comfortable in well paved roads, but when you reach highly irregular roads it really goes a little bit hard.
You can get 700x23 tires with puncture resistant belts in them that will reduce flats. However, the more durable, puncture resistant tires tend to be at least a little wider. This isn't due to any technical reason, but more that people riding very narrow tires are more concerned about performance than durability.
There are two tradeoffs here. More durable tires have more rolling resistance because they have stiffer (stronger) casings. A Gatorskin, Schwalbe Marathon, or other heavy duty tires will not be as fast as a real racing tire at the same width and pressure. The question is how much speed is worth not getting a flat.
The width of a tire has more to do with comfort/shock absorption. On smooth pavement, you need very little absorption, so super narrow high-pressure tires work great. But on even mildly rough pavement, thin hard tires are not only uncomfortable, they can actually slow you down. They transmit the road shocks to the bike sapping forward momentum instead of "rolling over" the bumps.
Last is that wider tires will protect your rims and the whole bike better from damage from potholes etc.
There's no "right" answer. For me, on an urban bike, no reason to go below 25/28 and I'll take the higher cost and lower speed of a heavy duty tire to avoid flats. But that's me.
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