She hadn't noticed - !?

[Yellow Saddle]

Compressed air is so overrated.

 

[ColinJ]

Compressed air is so overrated.

Some people seem to love it, and some seem to hate it. That's why you see so many 23C bike tyres inflated to < 70 PSI or > 110 PSI for use on rough British roads.

 

[Sbudge]

Yep,

Kind of opposite issue here.There's one part of the trail where I always think I've got a puncture, the path surface is so rippled it feels like I'm riding on a flat knobbly tyre.

Yep, I have a few stretches like that...they get me every time.

 

[Sbudge]

If they'd never had a puncture before they might not know what it felt like...I know that's what happened the first time I did, just assumed it was a bad surface.

 

[si_c]

Some people seem to love it, and some seem to hate it. That's why you see so many 23C bike tyres inflated to < 70 PSI or > 110 PSI for use on rough British roads.

> 110psi isn't necessarily a problem, I inflate 23c tyres to 125ish on the back and 110ish on the front, often higher, but I do that as I'm overweight.

 

[simongt]

De rigueur amongst students and the yoof round here...

Well, she did look very much the student type - ! The bike was a pale lilac step-through frame model with white tyres and front basket; say no more - !

 

[ColinJ]

> 110psi isn't necessarily a problem, I inflate 23c tyres to 125ish on the back and 110ish on the front, often higher, but I do that as I'm overweight.

You must have better road surfaces than we have round here then!

When I was 17 stone I tried 115 rear, 105 front. Result? Bottles bouncing out of cages, toothache, cramp in hands and feet, and my GPS switching itself off due to vibration! I am less than 14 stone now and use 95 rear and 85 front.

I'm have 25Cs on my Cannondale and am using about 90 rear and 80 front.

 

[si_c]

You must have better road surfaces than we have round here then!

When I was 17 stone I tried 115 rear, 105 front. Result? Bottles bouncing out of cages, toothache, cramp in hands and feet, and my GPS switching itself off due to vibration! I am less than 14 stone now and use 95 rear and 85 front.

I'm have 25Cs on my Cannondale and am using about 90 rear and 80 front.

Perhaps, some of the road surfaces are pretty shocking, 2" deep potholes etc, but for the most part I can pick a line OK. Am just over 15st atm, my peak was closer to 20, and I ran more or less the same tyre pressures. Might drop it a little see how I fare.

 

[Blue Hills]

Maybe not the day's biggest fail. I got to my usual Wednesday afternoon exercise class and discovered, while changing from cycling shoes to trainers, my bib shorts were on inside-out! Had to make a quick excuse and head for the toilets for a complete strip-off. It wasn't until I saw the gripper strips on the outside I realised.

I put your dressing mishap and the young lady's puncture oblivion down to the pernicious spread of hard drugs.

 

[ColinJ]

Perhaps, some of the road surfaces are pretty shocking, 2" deep potholes etc, but for the most part I can pick a line OK. Am just over 15st atm, my peak was closer to 20, and I ran more or less the same tyre pressures. Might drop it a little see how I fare.

Well done on the weight loss!

You can avoid potholes but you can't avoid the rough 'surface dressing' that gets applied to many roads. Well, round here at any rate. Most roads have a nasty coating of chunky gravel embedded in tar. It is bad enough when it is new, but once it starts to break up it is horrid with high tyre pressures. A bike is a lot more comfortable with less pressure in the tyres on that kind of surface.

 

[Blue Hills]

Scary!!

I heard tell of someone who had that reaction to

Well done on the weight loss!

You can avoid potholes but you can't avoid the rough 'surface dressing' that gets applied to many roads. Well, round here at any rate. Most roads have a nasty coating of chunky gravel embedded in tar. It is bad enough when it is new, but once it starts to break up it is horrid with high tyre pressures. A bike is a lot more comfortable with less pressure in the tyres on that kind of surface.

What's that surfacing all about colin? Is it cheaper, supposed to be more durable? I have cycled in sardinia a fair bit where you would think the climate would be pretty challenging to road surfaces and there seems to be far more smooth tarmac on country roads (different matter in towns, often bloodt awful)

 

[jim55]

Iv had to drop my pressure for a more comfortable time as well Theresa section on my commute that's like shell grip worn away in ridges they run across ur line of travel , at least 4" below the surface on top it really is a mess , add loose surface dressing and chunks of the road surface that is breaking up ,this is uphill ( so no speed to ride through it and pick a line ) at the approach to a pinch point , so you have to weave about wildly to avoid the worst of it , all the while approaching a pinch point and trying to b aware of both any cars trying to squeeze past you and trying to maintain any forward momentum you had , coming back it's the same ( but downhill ) I came down tonite and the vibration was so bad my sun glasses were round my chin and I could not focus for a bit total bone shaker

 

[PhilDawson8270]

Scary!!

I thought that was the day after a curry look?

 

[ColinJ]

What's that surfacing all about colin? Is it cheaper, supposed to be more durable? I have cycled in sardinia a fair bit where you would think the climate would be pretty challenging to road surfaces and there seems to be far more smooth tarmac on country roads (different matter in towns, often bloodt awful)

It is clearly a subject that many of us on CC feel strongly about - LINK!

 

[rich p]

Theresa section

A saintly mother? Intriguing.