Lower pressure = better ride, down to a point of working harder. You gotta mess with it & pay attention. As my tires have gotten chubbier, I'm using lower pressures & liking things better. 50 psi in a 40 mm Schwalbe Marathon Supreme is a nice ride. After a few weeks they get hard to push & a pressure check usually shows them under 40 psi. At 60 psi they are pretty zippy, at the expense of comfort. Another plus to lower pressure is they don't lose pressure as quickly.
The Atlantis came with 35 mm Paselas but it's been a decade so I don't recall how they rode. Someday I may try something lighter than a Schwalbe but long wear & lack of punctures is a big plus. Just replaced a nearly 2 year old Marathon Supreme on the front with over 11,000 miles & no punctures. Knock wood, can't complain about that. It's mate on the rear went nearly 8,000 miles with a single puncture. If I wasn't so lazy, I would be more motivated toward lighter tires. dougP On Sunday, March 24, 2013 9:14:55 PM UTC-7, grant wrote: > > If plush means cushy, that comes mostly---I didn't say entirely---from > tire pressure. Any psi feels harder in a bigger tire than it does in a > softer one. A weight-on hands riding position accentuates pounding. We have > a free brochure: How to make your bike as comfortable as a pillow. Email > eliz...@rivbike.com <javascript:> and ask her to send one. The stamp's on > us. > > On Wednesday, March 20, 2013 9:32:52 PM UTC-7, Michael Williams wrote: >> >> Just wondering if anyone has come across any 700x40 tires that are higher >> tpi( 120). Im kind of imagining a Jack Brown Green but in 40mm size. >> But Im prolly just be dreaming. I know that Schwalbe makes a bunch of >> tires in that size range, and I like those tires, but they've always >> felt a bit sluggish to me. thanks in advance. -Mike > > -- 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?hl=en-US. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
