tyre pressures

[PK99]

Food for thought here...

https://cyclingtips.com/2017/05/what-is-the-optimal-tyre-pressure-2/

A mate has been experimenting with tyres and pressures for a while. He always wins the club annual freewheel competition, normally on 23's at 140psi. last time he won again and went further than he has ever done before on 40mm tubeless rubber at 40psi.

his comment on the linked article:
This is suddenly a topic of interest to a lot of people, all over the world, even though Frank Berto's original analysis was done years ago, and has been championed by Jan Heine for five or six years. But there is a growing realisation that, outside a very smooth velodrome, a lower tyre pressure works better, and is more comfortable, too.

What does the panel think?

 

[Yellow Saddle]

But there is a growing realisation that, outside a very smooth velodrome, a lower tyre pressure works better, and is more comfortable, too.

What does the panel think?

Do we need a panel to debate that question? Or, is the devil in the semantics of "works better"?

 

[mjr]

The correct pressure mainly depends on the tyres, their width, your weight and your preference. No story here. Move along.

 

[S-Express]

So he does this:

He always wins the club annual freewheel competition, normally on 23's at 140psi.

Whhile simultaneously thinking this:

But there is a growing realisation that, outside a very smooth velodrome, a lower tyre pressure works better, and is more comfortable, too.

He doesn't sound very consistent.

 

[User6179]

Food for thought here...

https://cyclingtips.com/2017/05/what-is-the-optimal-tyre-pressure-2/

A mate has been experimenting with tyres and pressures for a while. He always wins the club annual freewheel competition, normally on 23's at 140psi. last time he won again and went further than he has ever done before on 40mm tubeless rubber at 40psi.

his comment on the linked article:
This is suddenly a topic of interest to a lot of people, all over the world, even though Frank Berto's original analysis was done years ago, and has been championed by Jan Heine for five or six years. But there is a growing realisation that, outside a very smooth velodrome, a lower tyre pressure works better, and is more comfortable, too.

What does the panel think?

What weight is your mate?
Just asking as I win most freewheel battles but only because I weighed 3-5 stone more than the other riders.

 

[Kajjal]

Its personal preference as long as the tyres stay on the rims or are not ridiculously hard then entirely up to you.

 

[Sharky]

No pressure then