This made me think - I'm not sure I've ever run tires narrower than 28. (Or 27x1 1/8) Had the latter on my road bike in the 1980's when I fell in love with mountain biking. Then just ran "narrow" 1.9 Ritchey tires until I stopped riding. Getting back in a few years ago, it was a mountain bike with 2.1" tires. Since then, the most narrow tires I've tried are probably 32s. Might have had a set of 28s on one bike. But got rid of that one fairly quickly. Too skinny.
Because of my preferences in riding, even the Jack Brown tires seem narrow these days. They're not. But my own biases are showing. The Atlantis handles great with Big Apple 2 inch wide tires. 40/50 psi front/rear. A really plush ride. (Again, kudos to Jim at Hiawatha for turning me on to building an Atlantis that's out of the ordinary.) At 240 and commuting with 15 pounds of gear, wide tires are the only way I'd go. Speed is not my concern. Comfort is. If I'm not comfortable, won't be riding. Simple as that. Eric Platt St. Paul, MN On Dec 13, 8:40 pm, charlie <[email protected]> wrote: > I just went by the sidewall limits but I've ridden them at around 50 > psi too. I weigh 255 pounds naked and often carry 20 pounds of junk on > my bike. I use 120 psi in my 25mm tires and only ride on smooth > asphalt. I have some tubular rims for it and may eventually lace them > up and get some Tufo's with the stick on glue strips. I don't actually > ride this bike much as its a show bike with a bunch of chrome and > vintage campy parts. Wanna buy it? My Long Haul Trucker uses the > Schwalbe 700x47 Marathons and these tires are what I use between > October and about the end of March or so. I like the reflective > sidewalls and the carefree ride qualities. My summer tires are > Panaracer 700x35's at 80-90 psi. As a youngster in my 20's I rode 23mm > tires at about 80 psi but I weighed 168 pounds and only had one or two > flats, if my memory is correct. > > On Dec 13, 2:12 pm, Steve Palincsar <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On Dec 13, 10:21 am, charlie <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Since I have "gone wide with pride" I have noticed how uncomfortable > > > by skinny 25mm wide race tires are on my vintage race bike. My all > > > round bike sports 41mm wide (actual) tires at 70 psi and they are > > > carefree and fast enough. So far these have been impervious to sharp > > > rocks on my friends long driveway and I love how they smooth out the > > > road. > > > 70 psi is astonishingly high for a 41mm actual width tire. Even 50 is > > probably high. I run 38x650B (actual width probably around 36mm) Col de > > la Vie tires at 50. > > > At >215 (plus at least 5 lb handlebar bag) I run 700x32 Paselas or > > 700x30 Grand Bois at round 70 front, 75 rear. > > > What pressure do you use in your 25mm tires? I found a world of > > difference in ride comfort on Michelin 700x25s going between 90-95psi > > and 105-110 psi. At the higher pressures, the ride was very harsh, > > smoothing out dramatically at the lower pressure. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
