This is a bit of a quandary for me. I like high-volume (40mm+) tires as they provide a smoother ride at low pressure. But that low pressure in turn makes cornering unpleasant (at least for me). I dislike that squishy transition feeling that happens with low pressure at high speed turns.
The obvious answer is to inflate them to a higher pressure, but that defeats the advantages of the high volume/low pressure tire. If I'm going to do that, I might as well stick w/ 33mm tires. Is this just me? On Friday, January 30, 2015 at 11:21:56 AM UTC-8, Jim Bronson wrote: > > Solid advice from Shoji and I think applicable to many tires, not just > the Big Bens. My LoupLoups get a bit squirrely on high speed > descending turns when pressure gets below 55 or so. > > On Fri, Jan 30, 2015 at 9:16 AM, Shoji Takahashi > <shoji.t...@gmail.com <javascript:>> wrote: > > Hi DS, > > I have 26" Big Bens on my Hunqapillar. I find the cornering to-be > squirrely > > on roads if the tire pressure is too low (and cornering speeds are > somewhat > > high). Easily resolved by raising the pressure a bit. If you're going on > a > > mixed terrain ride, I'd say pump 'em up a little more. > > Shoji > > > > > > On Sunday, January 25, 2015 at 5:29:09 PM UTC-5, DS wrote: > >> > >> Does anyone notice or have any input on handling with a Big Ben or > balloon > >> type tire? Especially on cornering on fast descents? > >> > >> Reason I ask is, I just bought some Big Bens (26 x 2.15) for my > >> Hunqapillar for mixed ride use. Took them out for a first ride a few > weeks > >> ago, had a bad crash while on a somewhat but not terribly fast descent > on > >> pavement, turning into a curve, though I'm 95% sure it was due to a way > >> under inflated tire (I had a flat about 20 minutes before that on the > trails > >> and replaced tube but feel I did not inflate enough for the ride home). > >> > >> Today, went out with properly-ish inflated tires (34 front, 40 psi > rear), > >> but still felt like the bike was squirrely on turns and it felt like > the > >> bike was going to slide out underneath me on some moderate turns, so I > took > >> them pretty slow. But, it was also my first ride back since the crash, > so > >> maybe that had something else to do with it. Anyone else have any > comments > >> on the handling of these? Am I imagining things and being overly > sensitive > >> due to the crash and this is user error? > > > > -- > > 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-bun...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>. > > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owne...@googlegroups.com > <javascript:>. > > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. > > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > > > -- > Keep the metal side up and the rubber side down! > -- 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. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
