Originally Posted by
SurlyLaika
I don't know. I was seriously coasting. I wasn't going fast at all, I missed by turn by 8 feet, made the turn and before I knew it, I was on the ground. It's always such a shock to crash like, "wtf just happened?" I'm still trying to figure out what I did wrong, so I can avoid the same mistake in the future. It might have been too sharp of a turn, but I had no idea. It happened so fast. No skid, though. Just fall. Haha...With my other tires, I feel like I can tell when I'm turning to sharp. Maybe these cross tires are so fluffy that I didn't get that warning feedback. Anyways, yea...I think I could make do with them. I figure they're at least half road tires, right? I've been warned away from them like it'd ruined my bike before, so I was just asking why no one rides knobbies.
People ride knobbies on pavement all the time. They won't ruin your bike. They may just make some noise and you may feel the vibration from the knobs. The traction loss I mentioned is real, but won't matter to most of us most of the time, I just mentioned a couple of negatives since you asked, but none is a showstopper.
Oh, and about falling at slow speeds, LOL
It happened to me many times. I think you just lower your guard and easily get caught... well, off guard. The last one was when I leaned over my handlebars WHILE STOPPED to check my pannier's hook, and the next thing I knew I was on my four. Embarrassing.