What is front-end dive in corners? When I tried mine, 40lbs on the front tire based on my weight, on turns it felt like the tires were pulling the handlebar into the turn. Is that it?
René On 5/23/10, PATRICK MOORE <bertin...@gmail.com> wrote: > Yah, 26" wheels are for weenies. Real men ride 700c 2.35 Big Apples. > > Seriously (No!) that looks like a nice bike. > > I just did a 14 mile, 70 minute out and back that included several miles of > climbing on sandy, steepish dirt roads on ABQ's NW mesa, riding the Sow or > Silk Purse Refurbished Monocog 29er with the new Liteskins. If I am honest > with myself, I have to say that I am not sure that the Liteskins perform any > better than the original, wire bead BAs of the same size, but, in my > imagination at least, they did very well, floating on extended patches of 2" > to 3" sand and smoothing the washboard of the dirt roads I rid directly NW > from my starting point. I bailed twice or thrice when deep sand and inclines > combined to discourage me, but over 8 miles of dirt I had to walk no more > than 150 feet. > > On the six or so miles of pavement, the BA Liteskins rolled smoothly at > 16/19 and, on the 45 mm Snocat SLs, exhibited no front end dive in corners; > it looks as if 16-17 lb front is the sweet spot for all round dirt/pavement. > Twelve psi is better for sand and washboard but then you suffer from > sidewall flop in pavement/firm dirt corners. > > Lastly, the new organic front pads make a huge difference to the Road BB7 > front disk, itself recently swapped to a 180 mm rotor. Not quite up to the > braking with optimum wide-profile cantis or V brakes, but good enough for > me. (The levers are old Dura Ace aeros.) > > The new Liteskins measured 60 mm when first installed on the SnoCats; after > a day or two they were up to 61.3 mm; I expect that, after another week they > will stretch to match the 65 mm of the original wire bead BAs. > > On Sat, May 22, 2010 at 12:20 PM, stevep33 <steve...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> I put some Big Apple Liteskin 26x2.35's on myrigid Salsa mountain >> bike. I can't compare them to the regular BA's, but these tires are >> awesome. They are fast on the pavement and great on trails. Not as >> grippy as knobbies but not slippery either. Perfect tires for my >> multi surface rides. >> >> http://www.flickr.com/photos/27988...@n06/sets/72157624113649982/ >> >> >> > > -- > 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-bu...@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. > > -- Sent from my mobile device -- 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-bu...@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.
