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I used to ride a lot in a rough woods quite far away (10+km of asphalt roads) from home, making on average about 70+km per riding episode. The most convenient g
by Arech 6y ago
I used to ride a lot in a rough woods quite far away (10+km of asphalt roads) from home, making on average about 70+km per riding episode. The most convenient generic setup was "inflate the wide and grippy tires up to the limit (4 to 5 bars depending on vendor)" and off you go. It's much easier to ride with overinflated tires over asphalt and their grippiness was mostly sufficient for the most conditions in a woods. Regarding the stiffness - anyway you never ride on rough terrain sitting in a saddle, you just have to stay on peddles to maintain stability. As an added but valuable bonus - overinflated tires are much stronger to withstand puncture attemps (in fact, I can't even remember I had one for a few years back then).
So, I'm quite sceptical about that thing perspectives... I would prefer they invent more durable but cheap main components, btw, b/c that's just not right when a normal bike costs about as much as a car.
- sideshowb 6y agoBy stability I mean the tyre not squirming off sideways under a high-g corner because the pressure is low. Nothing to do with being in or out of the saddle (though I'm assuming you'd be out at this point!) Agree the price of even mid range bikes is pretty insane though.
- veggieburglar 6y agoTire inserts like cushcore let you run really low pressures without worrying about squirming the bead off your tire, even on hard corners. They’re really a game changer- I still run decent PSI on the daily as I do a lot of climbing, but you can lower it down like crazy if you go to the bike park or if you’re ending a ride with all downhill. They supposedly decrease rolling resistance too; not sure about that but the increased sidewall stiffness is definitely noticeable.