Old 09-21-17 | 11:10 AM
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Spoonrobot
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Originally Posted by TimothyH
What sag gauge to you use?

Do you find that you have to adjust for riding style (race vs casual ride) or surface (gravel vs paved)?


-Tim-
I made my own out of some scraps of wood and a tiny bubble level, I can post pics a little later when I'm home. It's not that impressive but it gets the job done.

Definitely, it's terrain and tire dependent. I try to stay between 10-25% depending on the terrain/weather. For races/events I'll often overthink and add too much pressure on race day - it probably ends up faster but less comfortable. Most of my casual mixed terrain rides are such a smaller percentage of gravel overall that I stopped messing with pressure/sag and just ride it at my road pressure/sag as the segments are rarely longer than 10-15 minutes and mostly flat/smooth.

I've only been really paying attention to this for a few months. I'm still experimenting and figuring out just how much change in sag makes a difference in tire feel/speed/reduction in pinch flats. I think 2-3% is noticeable but I'm still not sure it's worthwhile to be so quantitative.
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