good job assembling the data - it shows we think much alike, Frank Bert was pretty sharp, and dipping too low can be dangerous. FWIW on the Barlows, I've cornered very hard and fast on narrow rims (Open Pro) at the pressures I run. The biggest concern with running too high pressure is wearing through expensive rubber too quickly.
On Monday, September 5, 2016 at 4:43:37 PM UTC-5, John Hawrylak wrote: > > > Brian > > For the 35mm tire, your 35/45 psig values are each 8 psig lower than the > 15%Tire Drop Pressures (TDP) for 191 lb Total Weight (165 + 31), assuming > your AHH is a 45%/55% Front/Rear weight distribution. The % of the 15% TDP > is -19% Front, and -15% Rear. > > Here are the calculated 15% TDP for the 3 weight distributions, with a > comparison made to the 45%/55% distribution > > Wt Dist 15% TDP Front Rear Your Values > Front Rear Diff, Your-15%TDP % of 15%TDP > > Rando 45%/55% 43psig 54psig > 35psig 45psig -8psig -8psig -19%, -15% > Racing 40%/60% 38psig 57psi > City 35%/65% 34psig 62psig > > The -8 psig under inflation on F &R is at the lower border of most of the > members, i.e, their pressures are slightly higher than yours accounting for > weights. > > John Hawrylak > Woodstown NJ > > On Monday, September 5, 2016 at 12:37:02 PM UTC-4, stonehog wrote: > >> One more data point. I weigh 165 and my bike (AHH) is about 31lbs with >> normal gear. I ran the tires at 40 front and 60 rear, but let them drop to >> 30/50 on occasion before topping them. I have since switched to Bon Jons >> (35mm), and run them about 35/45. >> >> Brian Hanson >> Seattle, WA >> > -- 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.
