I get acceptably comfortable tire performance from skinny, little 650Cx22 mm Michelin Pro Race 3s (or whatever) at roughly 85/90 under my 175 lb on smooth-down-to-mediocre roads. The 559X32 mm Kojaks on another bike are extremely plush at 50/60, 55/65 or so under grocery loads. My fattest, 60+ mm Big Apples generally stay at sub-15/sub20 on pavement as on dirt. I guess your friends are inflating their tires too hard.
Can you post photos of your tour? On Sun, Aug 5, 2012 at 1:57 PM, Anne Paulson <anne.paul...@gmail.com> wrote: > I just last week got back from a 2500 mile tour, Mexico to Canada via > the Sierra and the Cascades. Once again, as often happens, my riding > companions sometimes complained that about rough roads. And once > again, in the main I didn't notice the roads being rough, although the > dirt detours that I took a time or two and my companions didn't were > pretty bumpy in places. > > I'm at a loss to understand what I'm missing. This was a loaded tour. > I was riding my Atlantis with 26 x 1.5 Panaracer Paselas, which should > be comfortable tires, by my companions were riding fine touring bikes > (Surly LHT, Co-Motion Americano, other touring bikes) with reasonable > touring tires (mostly Schwalbe Marathons, one guy had Vittoria > Randonneurs I think). Why are these fragile flowers noticing bad roads > when I don't? What are they doing wrong, that they're riding touring > bikes and complaining about chipseal? > > When I ride at home on unloaded bikes, my friends sometimes complain > about bad roads when I don't, but I chalk that up to their insistence > in riding 25 mm tires pumped up to 120 pounds while I'm happy on my > Roadeo with 28 mm tires. > > -- > -- Anne Paulson > > My hovercraft is full of eels > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. > -- "When in Rome, do as they done in Milledgeville." Flannery O'Connor ------------------------- Patrick Moore, Albuquerque, NM, USA For professional resumes, contact Patrick Moore, ACRW http://resumespecialties.com/index.html ------------------------- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
