I find that even good bike shops pump tires much too hard; there is a "too hard" even for cheap Kendas. When I pump tires for customers or friends, I try to leave a wee bit of cush -- the sweet spot is vanishingly small with cheap, thick-sidewalled tires.
Odd: I used otherwise very decent 559 X 32 Paselas for many years and miles, and found that they too had a small sweet spot between harsh and spongy. Kojaks are far better in this regard, and the Elk Passes better yet. Paselas rolled well if you hit the spot, though. (Paselas also flat much more easily, their sidewalls tear and wear and degradef easily, and skidding will peal off chunks of tread. My experience.) On Sun, Sep 11, 2016 at 3:28 PM, Edwin W <dweenda...@hotmail.com> wrote: > On a side note, I took my sister in law to a few shops to test ride a > bunch of bikes and found that a common complaint she had was they were too > harsh. Well, the tires were all pumped up to rock hard!! Not to mention > most stock tires on the hybrids we were looking at are not the supple ones > we've been appreciating! > > Supple and soft, > > Edwin > > -- > 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. > -- Resumes, LinkedIn profiles, bios, and letters that get interviews. By-the-hour resume and LinkedIn coaching. Other professional writing services. http://www.resumespecialties.com/ www.linkedin.com/in/patrickmooreresumespec/ Patrick Moore Alburquerque, Nouvelle Mexique, Vereinigte Staaten ************************************************************************** ************** *The point which is the pivot of the norm is the motionless center of a circumference on the contours of which all conditions, distinctions, and individualities revolve. *Chuang Tzu *Stat crux dum volvitur orbis.* *(The cross stands motionless while the world revolves.) *Carthusian motto *It is *we *who change; *He* remains the same.* Eckhart *Kinei hos eromenon.* (*It moves [all things] as the beloved.) *Aristotle -- 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.
