Originally Posted by
rower2cyclist
According to
this Quora post a knife cuts as it
"...separates material apart is by breaking weak intermolecular bonds that hold a substance together. Pushing down with a sharp edge forces material on either side of the blade outwards, ergo forcing the molecules apart."
My intuition is you'd want to increase the area of contact with the tire and the road using a lower psi which is kind of the opposite of a sharp knife. Maybe I'm wrong, maybe we are talking about the same things. I'm just trying to understand.
true
But beyond a certain point, handling becomes sloppy
Many variables
Your weight
Lean angle
Tire performance
Your skills
Road quality
But generally the higher the psi, the sharper the handling