On Sun, 2012-08-05 at 13:16 -0700, Anne Paulson wrote: > > What tire pressure are they using? > > That's my guess, that they were inflating their tires too much. But > the bizarre thing is that my suggestions that they reduce their tire > pressure went unheeded. They imagined that they would go faster with > harder tires, though I think that's incorrect on roads that are bumpy.
And afraid of pinch flats, said fear being made doubly worse by awareness of the extra weight of a touring load, and the extra trouble presented by luggage when fixing a flat. > Perhaps harder tires really are faster on chipseal than softer tires, We know better. > and I guess that's a tradeoff that they were willing to make. On my > touring bike, I couldn't tell the difference between chipseal and the > world's smoothest road. Agreed. -- 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.
