On a recent ride in to work, I had a plushy Grand Bois Cypres tire in back but a less-plushy Panracer Pasela in front. I was riding on a bike I haven't ridden for a while that has a somewhat more flexy fork. I remember thinking "This Pasela seems unusually plushy on this bike, it's really nice." Then I went to make a gentle "bear left" turn and discovered why--flat tire. I coasted down and within 30 feet was riding on the rims. It took several days before I felt comfortable turning again, that "Holy Crap, what just happened?" feeling hangs on for awhile.
Nick On Thursday, March 10, 2016 at 11:11:48 AM UTC-5, Steve Palincsar wrote: > > > On 03/10/2016 10:59 AM, René Sterental wrote: > > Dumb question, but how do you know your tires are collapsing under > > hard cornering? What does it feel like? I guess you can't see them, so > > I'm wondering what the signs are. > > I can tell you what excessively low front tire pressure feels like when > you make a tight turn: the front end seems to roll out from under you > and you get a "Holy Crap! What just happened???" feeling. I've found > with 32mm and above you can have a slow leak that can get pretty far > down and not notice anything as long as you're going in a straight line, > but when you go to make a 90 degree turn the feeling is so unexpected > and so unusual it really gets your attention. > -- 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 https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
