Thread: 26" Tires
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Old 10-11-04, 01:14 AM
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The width isn't the critical factor but the pressure that you feel comfortable with.
I fill my tires to 90psi or so but I mostly ride on the road and have a sprung saddle. Lower pressures (well too low) can actually increase your chances of flats it'll also slow you down. 1.5 is medium and good for most off road uses meaning good to fair trails, x-treme tires fat or thin are just that X-TREME. me I'm just riding around town. 20km is no novice. My bike isn't a mtb it's just a bike. The urge to over catagorize our bikes keeps us from using them the way we need to.
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