Ah yesss. Mushy tubulars. The first time (and several times thereafter) I rode up the dirt to the ridge near home I used an old road bike sporting conti tubulars at ~50 or 60 psi. Tires worked fine. Low gear of 39-28 less fine.
One great thing with tubulars was I only ever pinch flatted one once, and that time I broke the wheel too. On Aug 6, 1:37 pm, Steve Palincsar <palin...@his.com> wrote: > On Sun, 2012-08-05 at 14:32 -0700, Tony wrote: > > Same story, different bike shop. The clerk was going over what was > > included in the assembly fee and mentioned that they had inflated the > > tires to 70 psi - was that okay? The best I could manage was, "I can > > always let some air out." > > You may be entertained by the following > threadhttp://www.velocipedesalon.com/forum/f2/fat-soft-tires-28345.html > from the Velocipede Salon forum, a place largely populated by racing > fans and very strong riders, where Campagnolo is the dominant group and > tubulars are the tyre of choice. > > 'It all started when I got lazy, and quit checking the pressure > in my tires; I inadvertently quit adhering to the "110 psi" (or > whatever) rule, and every so often would find that I had done my > last ride at fifty or sixty. I was in Colorado, climbing > constantly and riding lots of dirt roads. Lower was just more > awesomer. > > 'That was six or eight years ago. I haven't put more than 90 psi > in a tire in that time, and I tell my customers I'm part of a > new wave. Mostly, they buy it. A few know that my compressor is > at 88 psi, and I just don't feel like dragging out a floor pump > for fatty. A select few truly appreciate this fact, and take my > lower-is-better-and-here's-how-I-know story at face value. Many, > perhaps most, chuff quietly to themselves that they'll ride them > low for this ride, and fix it before leaving the house next time > - and certainly before coming back to see their lazy, > know-it-all mechanic.' -- 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.
