Change Of Tyres? (Poll)

[Richard A Thackeray]

@SkipdiverJohn

Thankyou

I'm about 11 stone (or just over)
I am intending playing with pressures, but this was merely a first ride

 

[SkipdiverJohn]

I'd go for about 65 PSI front and 80 PSI rear at your weight on a drop bar bike as a starting point. On a flat bar machine with an upright riding position I might go a couple of pounds lower on the front and a couple higher on the rear.

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

I'll experiment, next week, mainly by 'feel' (pinch test) as the PSI gauge on my track-pump is broken

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

Was out on it on Sunday, through a local wood, where there's a lot of tree-roots in the 'paths', & also up one of the washed-out/stoney/rutted paths that a lot of MTBers use as a downhill (& a climb)
They seemed okay, with a bit of finessing, and line-picking (where I could) over some of the stones
I've climbed it in the dry before, on the Durano's, but had to pick a line even more carefully, due to the sidewalls

If anyone knows the Stanley/Altofts area, it's the climb from;
Here; https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2080644
To here; https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2091017





Next step is to take an alternative route to work, through NewLands Woods, & along the bank of the River Calder (to 'Stanley Ferry')
I used to ride this way before, but as there's a lot of semi-buried brick/stone on sections, the Durano sidewalls suffered cuts/abrasions
No blow-outs/punctures, but still....