Commuting Tires

[Sky King]

Yep, a wider tire will help you on the pea gravel. Take yourself and your bike to the shop, they can show you how to measure your fork so you will know what tire width you can use. Sounds like you don't have fenders so if you plan on adding fenders they can help you take that into account as well. You may be able to look your bike up on the internet and see if the specs say what tire width it can handle but just as easy to take yourself to the LBS.

[Melalvai]

I have hybrid tires and as you know I used to ride on the Katy Trail all the time when I lived there. I didn't try anything rougher than that but the trail you describe, if it was short, would be ok with my tires. I use schwalbe marathons (from Walts). When I used to go to Cycle Extreme, they put armadillo tires on my bike. I was happy with both of those. A lot of people use schwalbe marathons.

Oh, I see this thread is from last month, must have missed it the first time through. I hope you already found something that works for you.