28mm vs 25?

d_o_g
d_o_g Posts: 286
edited October 2014 in Road general
Hello. About to buy some new tyres for the winter bike. Toss up between 25's and 28's. I moved to 25's on the 'summer' bike this year from 23's and the improvement in ride was amazing.

So, are 28's even better in terms of comfort and road holding, with limited effect on speed? The bike is used for commuting, chain gangs, club runs, the lot.

I'll be getting Durano Plus tyres, I think, based on experience of them and others.

Thanks all!

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  • imposter2.0
    imposter2.0 Posts: 12,028
    Assuming 28s will fit, go for 28s.
  • tehtehteh
    tehtehteh Posts: 103
    I have durano folding 28mm and I like them a lot
  • How Far is too Far
    How Far is too Far Posts: 534
    28mm are miles more comfy and I doubt you will notice much trade off in speed on a winter bike. At least with 28's on you can keep peadling even on very bad road surfaces ;-)
  • jc8
    jc8 Posts: 6
    I run 25mm Schwalbe Durano (front) and 28mm Durano plus (rear) on Planet X Uncle John commuter. Thought I was the only one running odd set up. I find them so much more comfortable than the 23s on the Cannondale. The Duranos get great reviews and I can't praise them enough.
  • d_o_g
    d_o_g Posts: 286
    Looks like I'll be rocking a pair of 28mm Durano Plus's then, which is exactly what I wanted to hear :)

    Thanks all.
  • Dippydog3
    Dippydog3 Posts: 414
    I have just put 32mm on my winter bike. I ride 25mm on the others.

    Can't say I notice any speed difference at all. And they are Soooooooo comfortable. Did 130km on them yesterday. Took great pleasure in saying "I didn't feel that" every time we went over a cattle grid.
  • nferrar
    nferrar Posts: 2,511
    Bear in mind if you're swapping between brands (and in some cases models within the same brand) they actually come up different sizes so if you say switched from a Schwalbe Ultremo 25 to a Continental Gatorskin 28 they might actually be the same inflated width.
  • marcusjb
    marcusjb Posts: 2,412
    ^totally true and a real pain in the arse.
    Stuff about riding a bike a long way
  • d_o_g
    d_o_g Posts: 286
    I have (some very tired) Durano Plus 23's on there at the moment - they were just kicking about so chucked them on. There is definitely room for 28's - it's a Racelight TK2 with SKS guards on. It is already lovely, so the bigger tyres will make it even more so.
  • simon_masterson
    simon_masterson Posts: 2,740
    Dippydog3 wrote:
    I have just put 32mm on my winter bike. I ride 25mm on the others.

    Can't say I notice any speed difference at all. And they are Soooooooo comfortable. Did 130km on them yesterday. Took great pleasure in saying "I didn't feel that" every time we went over a cattle grid.

    This. Wide tyres are brilliant. So much utter rubbish around on this topic. Granted, many road bikes won't allow much bigger than 25mm, but anyone would think that anything bigger than a 25 limits you to certain speeds - and many of those preaching about rolling resistance don't seem to have hard numbers. It's fashion more than anything else, though those clinchers really look pro. ;)
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  • Dippydog3
    Dippydog3 Posts: 414
    Tyres are stupid. Just put Conti Four Seasons 25mm on my wife's bike which has Swiss Axis 1.0 rims. the tyres are 22 wide at the widest point. Absurd.
  • apreading
    apreading Posts: 4,535
    4 seasons come up narrow, 4000S come up wide....

    My 4000S 25mm front is more or less the same width as my 4 seasons 28mm rear, both around 26.5mm
  • butcher of bakersfield
    butcher of bakersfield Posts: 1,233
    I do a lot of climbing (little other choice where I live!) and the difference with 28s is negligible in my experience. On the flat I doubt you'd even notice.

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