See, I can already add another post to this list of Dumb Things I Did and it hasn’t been 24 hours.
Yesterday, when I found out about tire pressure, you know I went around with my floor pump and inflated ALL the tires of the bikes in the garage. Baby Bear weighs almost 60 pounds and his Specialized 24 inch got 60 pounds of air (fun!). #TheClemRider is about 85 pounds and got 55 pounds of air in his 26 inch Kendas on his Clem. Won’t they be surprised when they head down Killer Hill?! 😱 Now, excuse me while I go fix THAT. It might be one thing for me and Steve (since we weigh the same, you know) to inflate our tires to 55, but my kids don’t know what I’ve done and did NOT in fact, grow up riding horses. Yikes. Ok, Steve, I’ll stop busting your chops. You had it coming though, and also it was hilarious. 🤣 Evan - 😂 It’s ok; it probably works better that way. Doug - thank you! And I agree with Rob; that mechanic was impressed with you. It’s pretty hard to be mad at a kid who was trying to learn. Also your dad seems like a stand-up guy; I think my dad would have declared the bike a total loss and tossed the pieces in the trash. Steve Cole - tell the mechanics you want a discount because you already started the work for them. 🤭 You guys are good sports, Leah Sent from my iPad > On May 5, 2020, at 7:06 AM, Steve Palincsar <palin...@his.com> wrote: > > > 50 - 55 mm is a HUGELY WIDE tire. 10mm wider than a 42mm. If someone who is > MASSIVELY heavier can ride a 42mm tire inflated to 50-55 psi in comfort, > never getting pinch flats, there is simply no way no how that that same > pressure in a tire 1 cm wider and a rider who is DRAMATICALLY lighter will be > OK. > >> On 5/4/20 11:11 PM, Joe Bernard wrote: >> Well I'm going to disagree to a degree. For the mostly smooth terrain Leah >> rides and the Killer Hill™ she climbs to get home, I can't see 30-40 psi >> being anything but drag for her. She can certainly experiment with pressures >> and 55 may be a bit much, but she's not riding terrible roads and dirt. >> > -- > Steve Palincsar > Alexandria, Virginia > USA > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the Google > Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/topic/rbw-owners-bunch/FegWjxa6Qus/unsubscribe. > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, 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/7487cbea-1b46-03ed-7967-21b2551b2ec1%40his.com. -- 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/4375A89D-0360-40FA-8434-55043A345D75%40gmail.com.