I'm curious about the effect of a long wheelbase, particularly ~45 cm stays, on smoothing out bumps of any size. Also, I've found that tire quality can affect vibration/harshness, at least indirectly and, I think -- but may be wrong -- directly. Item: certain skinny, sub 25 mm tires (and short ones at that: 571 and 559 bsds) have felt surprisingly -- well, not soft, but surprisingly "non-harsh" if not overinflated; I think in particular of the 559X1" Turbo, long since out of production, that at 23 mm and 90 psi long elicited surprise from me and my brother for its smoothness over at least smaller irregularities. OTOH, heavy tires like, item: the old 559X32 Avocet Fastgrips I briefly used rode harshly at a given pressure (~70) compared to the Kojaks; certainly not much softer than the Turbos over larger bumps like expansion cracks -- tho' all sorts of qualifications here. And I am surprised at how harsh even 61mm actual, 622 Big Apples ride on the Fargo if pumped to more than 30 psi -- the frame to blame, or the tire?
On Mon, May 13, 2013 at 9:48 AM, Cyclofiend Jim <cyclofi...@earthlink.net>wrote: > ... On long rides, vibration is a killer. Damping that vibration is done > by the tires, wheels, frame and rider in that order. -- http://resumespecialties.com/index.html patrickmo...@resumespecialties.com Albuquerque, NM -- 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 post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en-US. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
