Originally Posted by
Doug5150
Front tires of LWB's not gripping well is caused by overinflated tires.
Many LWB's put 33% or less of the total weight on the front wheel, and a lot of people blindly inflate both their tires to the max PSI. This means that the front tire ends up being inflated to 2X or more what it really should be.
THe simple explanation is that when you are sitting on the bike, both tires should have the proper amount of wheel drop, no matter what width of tires you're using.
Yeop I can back this up.
My LWB Tour easy I ride for fun,,no bags, I don't tour and I'm 190Lbs..
I can feel no difference in rolling resistance when I run the Front tire at 35% less than max psi, max is 100 btw..
I settled on 75 psi simply because I wanted a little more rim impact protection, Kenda quest 100psi's, I ride choppy sidewalks now and then.
The back 700x28 Bontrager T-2 Road has a max of 115 psi,,,here I settled on 100, because it just feels right...