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Old 08-23-11 | 04:51 PM
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Originally Posted by NOS88
I'm re-thinking this. Maybe I'll buy two sets of 23mm tires and tubes. Take the first set and pump them up until they blow, then just back off 5 lbs. of pressure with the other set. If I did this I'm guessing a few things will happen: I'll never have flats; all my dental work will need to be revisited; I'll ride faster than I've ever ridden before; I'll find out if titanium really does take the road buzz down a notch; and I'll annoy the daylights out of those that ride wide tires with less than 80% of the recommended inflation.
Some years back I rode with the Vredestein Ricorso's in 23, the ones that are the predecessors to the model now available....these were the colored tires (I had red). The max psi was 115 so that is what I rode at and would inflate to the edge of the limit each ride. One day the front developed a bulge, the tube came out under the bead and blew out on the brake shoe as the bubble went by. I had approx 5-8sec to bring the bike to a halt before it let go. From then on it was 95lbs and all was fine. It was a very fast tire and cheap, great for training....but they just werent reliable on the upper end of the psi spectrum but worked equally as well just a bit under 100psi. Moral of the story, back off 10psi and you probably wont feel the difference, if you do it wont be significant.
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Old 08-26-11 | 10:21 PM
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It was still too much air. I let out an unmeasured amount more to keep from sinking too deep in the sand. 20 PSI on the road is almost too much.
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