Maybe it was being bullied when I was young by my mates with "proper" MTBs instead of Townsend ATBs with Halford 1.8 Farmer John copies on.
But I just can't let go of the need to have the fattest tyres I can get. I know that in the mud more narrow tyres grip better and cut through the sludge, but I just can't bring myself to go lower than 2.2s.
I've got an Orange Five so it's not like I have to prove my bikes authenticity anymore but I just can't surrender the feeling that any compromise on the MTBness nature of it is going to transform it into the rusty clunker I used to knock about on.
Anyone else suffer the same freakish anxiety or similar?
