Poll: What size tyres do you run on your commute

[GoldDust]

Hi

Would be interesting to see what people are running on their bikes. If you have more than one commuting bike please put both sizes if different. If I have left out your tyre apologies pls shame me in the comments.

As for me I am running with 700c X 42 although changing shortly. Very comfortable but can be a bit slow. Seem to get more flats on bigger tyres. Also love high PSI!!!

 

[Drago]

23c Summer, 28c Winter.

 

[Scotchlovingcylist]

I run 700c x 25 simply because that's what came on the bike, I was donated some more 25s so they will be going on next as well

 

[mjr]

The "others" I have are 37-590 (old roadster) and 47-406 (folding).

 

[andyfraser]

I have 25mm on my road bike and 32mm on my hybrid. I use which ever bike I feel like on the day. During the winter months I put 38mm studded tyres on my hybrid. I don't use my road bike much when it's dark.

 

[donnydave]

25mm for me, I went to 23mm and didn't like it, felt a bit twitchy and nervous. Played around with pressure but in the end went back to 25 all year round

 

[Pumpkin the robot]

25 front and rear on one set of wheels and 25 front 27 rear on the other set.

 

[arch684]

27x1.1/4 700x23 700x28 26x1.95 all get used during the winter just depends on the weather on the day

 

[Lonestar]

700x25.All year round.

 

[Big T]

In 5 years of commuting on my tourer with 700 x37c I think I've only had one or two flats. I occasionally commute on my audax bike which has 700 x 25.

 

[mcshroom]

Anything from my road bike on 25s through my tourer on 25-35s to my MTB on 26x2.1" depending on which bike I take, what the bike has been doing previously and whether I'm going for a ride after woork.

Thinner is a bit quicker to a point, but I find there's not an absolutely massive difference between anything other thanthe knobblies on the MTB.

 

[Supersuperleeds]

Normally 28s, though when icy I think the spikes are 35s.

 

[Gez73]

32's except the Winter and Snow Marathons are 35's. I have regular 35mm Marathon pluses too but not used them since using the 32mm ones. Gerry

 

[Thursday guy]

I'm interested to know what exactly is the difference in speed between a 25mm and 40mm tyre.

 

[Jenkins]

All of my bikes are used for commuting and only two of them have the same sizes - 2 on 23s, the others are on 25s, 28s, 32s, 35s and 40s.