Fat tires might be faster but they are also better at smashing apples in the road...I love to run over apples. Today, however, I hit the mother lode and the fatties did the the trick.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/77502424@N00/7737776696/ Carry on. On Aug 7, 6:57 pm, Steve Palincsar <palin...@his.com> wrote: > On Tue, 2012-08-07 at 19:39 -0500, Eric Platt wrote: > > Regarding "wider is faster" - first reference Bicycle Quartery Volume > > 4, Number 1 page 43 "I have found that lightweight, wide, supple tires > > at lower pressure are at least as fast as less supple tires at higher > > pressures." > > Bicycle Quarterly Volume 5, Number 1, page 23 "2. Wider tires are > > faster" > > Bicycle Quarterly Volume 9, Number 1, page 63 "For example, in our > > real-road testing of tire performance, we found that wider tires, run > > at lower pressures, can be as fast as (if not faster than) narrow > > tires at ultral-high pressure." (Citing the test in Volume 5, Number > > one above.) > > > So, yes, I guess no one ever said wider tires are faster. > > Look down, Eric. The 'claim' was "wider is ALWAYS faster." Your > quotations demonstrate that claim was not made. > > > > > I really need something better to do with my time. > > Accuracy counts when you are quoting someone. > > > > > > > > > > > Eric Platt > > St. Paul, MN > > > On Mon, Aug 6, 2012 at 7:40 PM, Steve Palincsar <palin...@his.com> > > wrote: > > On Mon, 2012-08-06 at 19:37 -0500, Eric Platt wrote: > > > Now, I don't ride fast. And because of that, rarely ride > > with others. > > > And the skinniest tire I have is a 700x37. But if wider is > > always > > > faster, then the Surly Moonlander with the 4.5 inch wide, > > incredibly > > > supple tires must the the fastest bike out there. > > > Nobody has ever made either claim. > > > -- > > 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. > > > -- > > 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. -- 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.
