Getting a good lean on a corner is a lovely thing, there is a roundabout on the way home depending on my route with a good camber. Got to admit I love hooning it around there when it's clear at 30mph or so.
Most people would run out of bottle before the tyres lose grip on a properly set up road bike.![]()
Quite right. For the vast majority of cyclists the risk isn't to lose grip in a corner due to speed it is either choosing the wrong line or gravel/pothole/cats eye/manhole cover/oil
Most people would run out of bottle before the tyres lose grip on a properly set up road bike.![]()
If its clean tarmac and the right tyre pressures and good rubber than it's pretty much true. However it only takes a tiny bit of diesel, oil etc for that statement to go out of the window.
No and again no!
Tyre grip is limited by physics. A tyre will start to slip when you apply a force on it which is greater than the weight it is bearing. Put simply, the force needed to keep you turning in a circle will equal your weight when you're inclined at an angle of 45 degrees - assuming perfect tarmac. Above that point, you're going to start sliding whatever, and tyre pressure won't make a jot of difference. Most times you'll get less, substantially so if it's wet.
I quite often hit 40 mph plus on technical twisty descents in the Pennines. Tbh I am less worried about grip at those speeds and a damn site more worried about picking the right line into a turn so I don't run out of road.