DS, Really can't give any feedback as I'm in the same boat. I just mounted some BB'S on my Atlantis. My first ride will be this weekend. Looking forward to others feedback. Hope your okay. Poor cornering would have me freaked out.
Cheers, ~Hugh Los Angeles, CA n Sunday, January 25, 2015 at 2:29:09 PM UTC-8, DS wrote: > Does anyone notice or have any input on handling with a Big Ben or balloon > type tire? Especially on cornering on fast descents? > > > Reason I ask is, I just bought some Big Bens (26 x 2.15) for my Hunqapillar > for mixed ride use. Took them out for a first ride a few weeks ago, had a bad > crash while on a somewhat but not terribly fast descent on pavement, turning > into a curve, though I'm 95% sure it was due to a way under inflated tire (I > had a flat about 20 minutes before that on the trails and replaced tube but > feel I did not inflate enough for the ride home). > > > Today, went out with properly-ish inflated tires (34 front, 40 psi rear), but > still felt like the bike was squirrely on turns and it felt like the bike was > going to slide out underneath me on some moderate turns, so I took them > pretty slow. But, it was also my first ride back since the crash, so maybe > that had something else to do with it. Anyone else have any comments on the > handling of these? Am I imagining things and being overly sensitive due to > the crash and this is user error? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
