700cx60...29er?!?! That's a huge tire, I doubt I could even see over it. ; )
I'll try running at sub 20psi. Haven't checked what psi I'm running; I just pumped the tires until the felt about right. On May 23, 8:37 pm, 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. > -- 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.
