sreten
Well-Known Member
- Location
- Brighton, UK
Hi,
If you go on tyre size (width) and total weight then with front a little lower the tyre
pressures should still be within recommended range for a half decent tyre.
However if you like tyres that look "flat" sat on the bike your tyres are too small.
The squeeze test is meaningless unless skillfully applied to the sidewalls,
taking into account side wall construction, on the tread its meaningless.
Of course one mans flat is normal, and another mans normal is silly hard to
another. But I will say if you ride 37mm tyres too hard they simply will get
faster as pressure drops and grip improves but then slow when the
pressure is really too low, and they will look "flat" on the bike.
I'd fit a Michelin City 35mm to the front and run both your current tyres
to the cords on the back, at that point move the front to the back
and get a new front tyre, and then carry on rotating front to back.
Use proper tyre pressures, not assumptions that are simply wrong.
rgds, sreten.
If you go on tyre size (width) and total weight then with front a little lower the tyre
pressures should still be within recommended range for a half decent tyre.
However if you like tyres that look "flat" sat on the bike your tyres are too small.
The squeeze test is meaningless unless skillfully applied to the sidewalls,
taking into account side wall construction, on the tread its meaningless.
Of course one mans flat is normal, and another mans normal is silly hard to
another. But I will say if you ride 37mm tyres too hard they simply will get
faster as pressure drops and grip improves but then slow when the
pressure is really too low, and they will look "flat" on the bike.
I'd fit a Michelin City 35mm to the front and run both your current tyres
to the cords on the back, at that point move the front to the back
and get a new front tyre, and then carry on rotating front to back.
Use proper tyre pressures, not assumptions that are simply wrong.
rgds, sreten.
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