Question about getting thinner tires for a hybrid

[OakLeaf]

23 mm are not so squirrelly that a couple hours on gravel isn't just fine.

Whooo, you're bolder than I am! I can handle a couple of miles of flat, straight, shallow gravel on 700x23s. That's about my limit...

I've gotten to where my 1/2 mile lane doesn't terrify me (although I still paddle down the initial descent from the house, which is over 10%, rutted and curved). But that's because a lot of the stone has settled ... I don't doubt we'll need another load of stone within the year, and I'll be back to walking my bike to and from the road when I ride from home.



I know, I know, I need a mountain bike and some singletrack time to improve my skills. I ain't doing it clipped in though. Nonononononononono.

[KnottedYet]

Whooo, you're bolder than I am! I can handle a couple of miles of flat, straight, shallow gravel on 700x23s. That's about my limit...

I wasn't going fast, and I would have preferred my 32mm, but it wasn't bad. It was a wild hair day... I was wearing cowboy boots and a miniskirt... what can I say?

(It was a great looping, wandering, lets-go-THAT-way ride with Trek420. She was on her mtb. I did ask her to slow down a couple times, there were bits where I needed a break.)