Speaking of which... at what pressures are folks running their Barlows, and for what sorts of riding? Mine get used for mixed terrain: lots of road, but most rides have either dirt/gravel sections or frank single track.
rod On Friday, June 5, 2015 at 9:12:13 AM UTC-4, Rod Holland wrote: > > Yah, generally run the front 10 PSI less than the rear, currently 45/55 > for a typical ride. I've gone for weeks at a time at either 40/50 or 40/45, > and conversely spent some time running them 50/60. I was running the front > at 35 for awhile, and stopped doing that after I got a pinch flat during a > fast sprint while I was leaning out over the bars. To make sense of these > numbers, it's worth mentioning that I weigh ~240, and the bike is an LHT, > which often carries a light load (trunk bag) for long rides. At 45 PSI, the > front tire has some noticeable deformation; at 40, it's somewhat more > noticeable. > > rod > > On Friday, June 5, 2015 at 9:04:01 AM UTC-4, Ron Mc wrote: >> >> for that difference in contact patch, you could run the front pressure >> much lower >> >> On Friday, June 5, 2015 at 7:58:03 AM UTC-5, Rod Holland wrote: >>> >>> Good question. I went out and had a look. >>> >>> The front tire looks newish, its file tread generally intact. The rear >>> tire has turned into a semi-slick, but hasn't yet started showing the >>> frequent-flats behavior that Jan associates with a Compass tire at the end >>> of its service life, and my sense is that it will last me the season. >>> >>> >>> <https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-WVmUwhpZSHw/VXGZBaNQZiI/AAAAAAAAYeU/jA90Zp7KNsE/s800/20150605_083728.jpg> >>> >>> <https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Vr3MVfoZqGE/VXGZIapuwtI/AAAAAAAAYes/Ps918VOs_mE/s800/20150605_083754.jpg> >>> >>> I expect at some time I'll rotate the front tire to the rear, and retire >>> the rear tire. I'll either order a new Barlow Pass (love 'em!) for the >>> front, or will experiment with Soma C-lines that I bought, but never >>> mounted, the same winter I got the Barlows. By the time spring came, I had >>> both, mounted the Barlows, and never looked back... >>> >>> rod >>> >>> On Thursday, June 4, 2015 at 2:39:30 PM UTC-4, Edwin W wrote: >>>> >>>> Rod, >>>> How's the wear after 1600 miles? >>> >>> -- 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.
