I ride and like the Cdlv tires. I am north of 250 and I have the tires pumped up to 65 front and back. No problems last season or so far this season at these pressures. Jim D Massachusetts
--- On Fri, 4/23/10, cyclotourist <[email protected]> wrote: From: cyclotourist <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [RBW] Re: New Bleriot Owner; Mushing thru turns To: [email protected] Date: Friday, April 23, 2010, 10:33 AM Hope you like 'em, Ray. I'm quite fond of the CdlV tires. BTW, I recall sidewall listing is the 1/2 way point for the pressure that blows them off the rim. So if blow off =100psi, then they put inflate to 50psi on the sidewall. It isn't the optimum pressure based on weight, conditions, etc. YMMV On Fri, Apr 23, 2010 at 6:06 AM, Ray Shine <[email protected]> wrote: Thanks to folks who responded to my quandry about the Col da la Vie tires. As one of you suggested, I know that Schwalbes would give a surer ride. I have those on two other bikes, and you are correct. In fact, that's what prompted my question to the list because I am used to a stiffer tire. I guess what I meant to ask is does the 650B size have anything to do with the squishy ride, but when I think about it, I know it can't. (?) When I ride to the office this morn, I'll pump those tires up to 50-55 and report back. Several of you apparently disregard the sidewall advisement to max out at 50 lbs. I'll do the same. Thanks to all, so far. Ray From: MikeC <[email protected]> To: RBW Owners Bunch <[email protected]> Sent: Thu, April 22, 2010 6:34:03 PM Subject: [RBW] Re: New Bleriot Owner; Mushing thru turns I also weigh 175 lbs and I ride 700x35 pumped to 65 psi back/55 psi front. Could probably go down to 55 in back, but I wouldn't want to ride on 45 psi. -MikeC On Apr 22, 8:12 pm, Ray <[email protected]> wrote: > So, as I mentioned, I purchased a cherry size 59 Bleriot from another > list member two weeks back. It came in a box last week, and I have > been commuting on it this week. Great fitting, comfortable bike. It's > different than my other Riv's in that it rolls along on 650Bs and 35mm > Col de la Vies. Aside from my slow uptake on remembering to keep the > inside pedal up when negotiating a turn (numerous bone-head pedal > strikes to my discredit) the next strangest thing are the tires. For > those of you who ride with these Col de la Vie tires, do they feel, > well, squishy to you in turns? I have the rear pumped up to 45 lbs, > and the fronts to about 42. When I corner, the rear feels like > cornering with a flat tire, yet I check, and they are still inflated > as per the sidewalls (max of 50). I'm not the kid I used to be, but I > still only weigh 175, and most of that is still distributed pretty > much like it should be. Any of you good folks have any thoughts on > this? > > This weekend I'm converting the cockpit from drops and bar-ends to > Albatross and thumbies. I'll post pix then. > > Regards, > Ray > > -- > 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 > athttp://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. -- 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. -- 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. -- Cheers, David Redlands, CA "Bicycling is a big part of the future. It has to be. There is something wrong with a society that drives a car to workout in a gym." ~Bill Nye, scientist guy -- 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. -- 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.
