Originally Posted by
JohnJ80
You're mischaracterizing what I was saying. I never said that a rigid frame road bike with 28s will have the same compliance as a Domane or a Roubaix.
I was restating the premise of the thread.
Originally Posted by
JohnJ80
What I am saying is that the tires are a big part, if not the biggest part by a fair amount, of ride compliance in the whole equation. I think you'd agree the tire inflation should be optimized in any road tires without regard to the frame.
Disagree with the bolded, at least w/r/t the specific bikes being discussed, the Domane in particular.
Originally Posted by
JohnJ80
Just looking at it though, you may want to consider dropping the pressure on both your bikes using Poertner's process and then revisiting the whole issue - your tire pressures don't look optimized to me which could be a big part of the ride compliance difference in your two bikes.
Oh? And what do you and Mr Poertner say my pressure should be? They're both high yet you think that the delta is irrelevant in comparison?