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Old 08-28-12, 01:16 PM
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Originally Posted by rumrunn6
figure 10%
my commute was 13 miles
summer time it took 50 minutes
winter commutes were around 1hr, sometimes 1 hr 10min

I did one trip in a snowstorm on a MTB with soft studded snows riding on the sidewalk and the saturday oneway took 2 hours. going home I pumped the tires and rode on the roads. that was the last time I took the tank out in the snow. I made the tank for the worst days but wound up never using it cuz it was too slow. I used my roadified hybrid and it was fine and plenty fast. use the marathon winters as max pressure or 1 lb under. going too low with pressure will slow you down but you do have to play with pressure depending on conditions.

Thanks, it give me a good idea.
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