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 <palin...@his.com> wrote: > On Dec 13, 10:21 am, charlie <charles_v...@hotmail.com> 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. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
