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Old 08-11-11 | 01:47 PM
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Originally Posted by Mr. Beanz
Keep riding and if you want a little more speed, try some 1.25 slick tires. Higher pressure 90 psi will make for lower rolling resistance and more speed.
You sure about that? I agree with the slicks, but when I was doing research into mine, the only size that would carry my weight (370ish at the time) was 2.0". I read that if you go smaller at our weight you would risk getting blowouts.

I'll have to get out the calculations again but I think I pegged myself at 2.0 until around 280 pounds, then I could go down to 1.5...
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