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Old 10-03-16 | 07:31 PM
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From: Southern California

Bikes: 2012 Black Mountain Cycles monstercross; 1998 Bianchi Alloro; 1982 Trek 610; Early 90's Trek 850 MTB (set up as commuter)

190 lb rider, 27 lbs bike + gear, 700x38 Compass Barlow Pass extralight tires, on H+Son Todestrieb rims (about 26mm internal width). For most riding, I run 42 psi rear, 34 psi front. I definitely shoot for the 15% tire drop. On narrower rims (19 mm internal width), these same tires needed to be 5+ psi higher to be stable in hard turns.

On another bike running 700x32 Panaracer Paselas on 18mm internal width rims, pressure is 65 psi rear and 55 psi front.

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