Everyone looks at this differently. With my weight of 230, even 38mm tires seem to be on the verge of too skinny. It's why my bike choices are changing. Probably going to end up with 45 to 60mm wide tires eventually on whatever I keep.
Eric Platt St. Paul, MN On Mon, Aug 27, 2012 at 10:19 PM, Will <waller.will...@gmail.com> wrote: > My thinking is that he's simply too heavy for the tires. I'm thinking > 135-145 pounds are about what those tires can support. > There are no professional racers pushing 200 pounds. > > Also, I think it is dangerous to ride 22mm tires on a carbon fork. You're > pushing the pressure limits and doing so on a fork that probably won't > support a flat at speed. > > > On Monday, August 27, 2012 5:46:56 PM UTC-5, Steve Palincsar wrote: >> >> On Mon, 2012-08-27 at 15:20 -0700, Will wrote: >> > My next door neighbor is the same. He bought a new aluminum race bike. >> > All the tubes are ovalized. The frame has less flex than a rock. The >> > tires are 22mm. It might fit 24s... but that would be a push. He's 200 >> > pounds and fixing pinch flats every week. >> >> He's definitely doing something wrong: insufficient tire pressure for >> his weight, perhaps, or maybe he doesn't know how to "ride light." Of >> course, 24mm tires would help, in that he could use less pressure. >> >> >> >> -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rbw-owners-bunch/-/JGWY09-ahrgJ. > > 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.
