23c vs 25c

[fossyant]

My new Cannondale Synapse comes with 28s as stock. To be honest, I've noticed very little difference from the 25s I normally run.

28s what's that, an MTB

 

[ayceejay]

A 25 or a 28 will not only be wider but higher than a 23 so make sure there is enough distance between tyre and brake caliper as some have minimum clearance here as I discovered.

 

[bpsmith]

I went for 24's in Specialized S-Works Turbo form. A happy medium.

How wide any of these tyres are in the real world would be worth knowing. A number of people on either side would be surprised I think.

 

[Sittingduck]

No - I run 23's to mitigate clearance issues. Nothing more annoying that rubbing mudguards and worse...

 

[Joffey]

Anyone running 19's??? :-D

 

[Chris1983]

The 25c fit, although don't think i could go any bigger, when i started to fit the first one i was thinking did i under estimate the size of the tyres. But no issues in the end

Only done one short ride on the worst possible roads i could find and in strong winds so its hard to tell if there is an improvement or whether its just placebo effect but they did seem to feel better the the 23c they replaced, but this weekend i've got a 115miles to do on my usual stomping ground so i can do a proper assessment :-) but so far i'm happy with them.

cheers

chris

 

[Kestevan]

Wouldn't be seen dead with a 25 on my RT-57.

Mainly cos it doesn't have clearance for anything over a 23.......,

 

[raleighnut]

Anyone running 19's??? :-D

One of my bikes (the 531 Raleigh) has a set of wheels with 20-622 tyres on. they run at 170 PSI though (Continental Grand Prix Supersonics)

 

[Rob3rt]

You should choose a tyre width that complements the width of your rim! Reduced rolling resistance is only an advantage if it doesn't come with a drag increase greater than the reduction in rolling resistance.

 

[mjr]

28s what's that, an MTB

It wasn't long ago that most road bikes had 32-630 and called them 27x1¼", was it?

 

[lee1980sim]

Wouldn't be seen dead with a 25 on my RT-57.

Mainly cos it doesn't have clearance for anything over a 23.......,

Having just watched a gcn video I now now my scultura doesn't have clearance for 25s glad I found that out before any shopping was done

 

[Smokin Joe]

Clearance is an issue, on my 'winter' (well, all year round commuter/general purpose) bike

It's one of the Ribble (blue aluminium framed) 'winter bikes'
'23's are seemingly the maximum with mudguards, but I like to think I ride fairly 'lighly', so it's not that much of an issue, beside being only about 10 Stone

I had one of those and 25s were no problem with guards fitted.

 

[wam68]

23 or 25. Never noticed any difference at all.

 

[potsy]

I have never really felt a difference between them and I've used quite a few types on various bikes.
Did manage to squeeze some 28's onto my road bike for a while but have now gone back to 23's.

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

My Dyna-Tech has had '20' sections on it, since practically brand-new (think it even came with that width, when new)

When it got downgraded to a commuter, I could only get '20's on it, with mudguards, even those were Salmon Profils, due to clearance issues