Quite seriously, I don't want to step on Garth's or any one else's toes, but I'm 175 lb and I ran 50 mm tires, and paper thin ones at that (Furious Freds, 360 grams each) at 20 psi on dirt, sub 30 on pavement. 60s if stiff sidewalled Big Apples at 16-17 dirt and about 21 pavement, supple ones 18-20 dirt, 25-6 pavement (generally, I just leave them at the lower pressure unless I take an extended pavement ride). I just found that when I pump my 28 mm Compass extralights rock hard, the digital gauge reads 51 psi; should run them at 45. I put 80 f/90 rear in supple 22 mm tires. All this often includes freight loads up to 40 lbs.
Don't overfill! Pinch flats -- I *never* get pinch flats for some reason -- can be avoided by being just a very little bit careful. On Thu, Sep 26, 2019 at 12:07 PM Garth <garth...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > For your bike(27.5 wheels) Leah I'll second the 50mm Big Ben tires. I > ride these on my Bombadil and I LOVE them on the road. I ride them at about > 35 psi front and 40 rear. They just roll and roll and roll ....it's > amazingly fun ! > > -- > 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 view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/c98ca088-049d-48f5-b790-d0729f625ad7%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/c98ca088-049d-48f5-b790-d0729f625ad7%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Patrick Moore Alburquerque, Nuevo Mexico, Etats Unis d'Amerique -- 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/CALuTfgs4H1a1duXJ_%3DsbjScipBc2hjS_bPOyRELsSgHd6DKxRg%40mail.gmail.com.
