I weigh 240 at the moment, so I've been riding around on 28-32 mm tires for several years, except on that Merckx that won't let a 28 even turn in the rear. That's okay; it's a racing bike and someone on this list suggested I use 25s on it, and that helped a lot. I ride road bikes in places where I would drive my wife's Honda Civic, which includes some Jeep roads, so road racing tires are not useful to me. Just recently, I tried some Pasela TGs in 35mm, and was surprised that they didn't seem to slow me down at all. I sure noticed the difference in ride, though! Now those look fat on a road bike.
Anyway, I still find it comical that Bicycling would refer to a tire that isn't quite an inch across as "wide." On Dec 13, 7:40 pm, charlie <[email protected]> wrote: > I just went by the sidewall limits but I've ridden them at around 50 > psi too. I weigh 255 pounds naked and often carry 20 pounds of junk on > my bike. I use 120 psi in my 25mm tires and only ride on smooth > asphalt. I have some tubular rims for it and may eventually lace them > up and get some Tufo's with the stick on glue strips. I don't actually > ride this bike much as its a show bike with a bunch of chrome and > vintage campy parts. Wanna buy it? My Long Haul Trucker uses the > Schwalbe 700x47 Marathons and these tires are what I use between > October and about the end of March or so. I like the reflective > sidewalls and the carefree ride qualities. My summer tires are > Panaracer 700x35's at 80-90 psi. As a youngster in my 20's I rode 23mm > tires at about 80 psi but I weighed 168 pounds and only had one or two > flats, if my memory is correct. > > On Dec 13, 2:12 pm, Steve Palincsar <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > On Dec 13, 10:21 am, charlie <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Since I have "gone wide with pride" I have noticed how uncomfortable > > > by skinny 25mm wide race tires are on my vintage race bike. My all > > > round bike sports 41mm wide (actual) tires at 70 psi and they are > > > carefree and fast enough. So far these have been impervious to sharp > > > rocks on my friends long driveway and I love how they smooth out the > > > road. > > > 70 psi is astonishingly high for a 41mm actual width tire. Even 50 is > > probably high. I run 38x650B (actual width probably around 36mm) Col de > > la Vie tires at 50. > > > At >215 (plus at least 5 lb handlebar bag) I run 700x32 Paselas or > > 700x30 Grand Bois at round 70 front, 75 rear. > > > What pressure do you use in your 25mm tires? I found a world of > > difference in ride comfort on Michelin 700x25s going between 90-95psi > > and 105-110 psi. At the higher pressures, the ride was very harsh, > > smoothing out dramatically at the lower pressure.- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
