It is completely subjective, but when I went back to Paris Roubaix 27's after riding 22mm Criteriums and Veloflex for several years I was amazed at how much faster my bike felt. And I was fully expecting the bike to feel slower. Plus there is no doubt in my mind that I can downhill waaaay faster with the fattys. Brent
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On 2/2/2011 7:24 PM, Dave Porter wrote:
> First, there's a big difference between coasting down a hill and a machine
> that appears to measure resistance. Second, there's a big difference between
> a mass bouncing on a seat and a measured resistance on a machine. So, I'm
> still on the unconvinced side of the fence.
> Which one of you wants to tell the current hot shoe that his Kilo record
> will be on a fat tire?
> DaveP
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Julian Shapiro [mailto:julianshapiro@gmail.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, February 02, 2011 5:21 PM
> To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
> Subject: [CR] Wider = faster
>
> > From Velonews:
>
> http://www.cyclingnews.com/
>
> Further confirmation of what "our own" Jan Heine has been telling us for
> years.
>
> Julian Shapiro
> in icy icy Sag Harbor, NY
> (where tires don't matter much on the mag-trainer)