Originally Posted by
queerpunk
For starters, take anything that Jan Heine says with a grain of salt. He'll find a way to dig up data that says that a randoneurring bike from the 1970s is objectively the best, no matter what you want to do on a bicycle.
Good point!
He did seem to say that higher pressure works better on a rough road than on a smooth road (something about the imprint of the rough road on the softer tire...???)
Good point about the G forces. I think the FCV has some people hitting 3-4G in the turns, but that is a way tight track. Still, on a typical 200m track, we are doing 1G at 17mph according to the track designer. 35mph is a lot of force in the turns
I'm thinking that going for the ultimate max PSI that I have been obsessed with is probably not too nescessary. I'm not going to be riding around at 90psi either.