skinny or fat?

[marcski]

Tires on your bike, not your body type.

I'm a fat man in the bathtub. I don't even own a road bike. I have 2.3's actually on my kona. I've been getting out about 3-6 times a week...some are short one hour intense rides in the woods, other are longer more epic rides.

 

[bruno]

skinny. 700/23's. that's how i roll. :beer: :flag: :blink: :grin:

 

[andyzee]

I come in at 245 lbs and I'm riding on 700/23, used to ride as skinny as 700/18, but got too many blowouts I was a bit lighter back then too.

 

[Marc]

I go both ways.


Sickos.




I ride on 700 x 23 clinchers and 26 x 2.1 in my other life.

 

[skibum1321]

I ride 700/23s on the road bike and 26x2.1s on the mtb.

I wish I was getting out 3-6 times a week. At this point it is only about 1-2 times per week.

 

[eatskisleep]

2.6 and 2.7 " tires on the downhill bike.

 

[jplynch019]

155 pounds, 700/23

 

[marcski]

My "fat man in the bathtub" comment was my tires.

I weigh in at about 205 these days.

 

[Greg]

235 Nevegals which I'm thinking might be a bit overkill since they are mounted on skinny XC wheels.

 

[marcski]

Wow, this is a blast from the past Greg.

I'm happy to report some changes to this post from 3 years ago. I own a road bike now with 700x23's.

I still have my Kona....rolling on 2.35's Neve's. And yes, Greg, I did upgrade my rims....at one point to a pair of Sun RynoLite's with XT hubs. They are a bit wider...but mostly just stronger, I kept blowing out spokes.

(Oh, I'm also holding steady at 190 these days..after being as low as 178 2 summers ago. )

 

[bvibert]

I'm rolling with 2.1 wide tires front and back. I was planning on going wider, but I think I'll stay around there for now. The new rims add a considerable amount of volume on their own.

 

[WoodCore]

2.35 in the front and a 2.1 rear on the new FS bike and 2.2's on the hardtail

 

[gorgonzola]

2.35 high rollers on the fs and 2.1 panny fire xc pros on the ht, would like to swap out the pannys with some small block 8's