The race for comfort is rear biased but it should be now about front of the bike...
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Lesson learned.
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Be careful. I recently went too low with the psi, and nine miles into a gravel race my rear tire was going flat. I put in a tube (while everyone rode past me). Next day, I checked it out, and the tire was not punctured. My guess is that the psi was so low that it burped out most of the air.
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https://gravelbikes.cc/tests/what-is...-air-pressure/
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Yes, as with all things, being careful is good advice.
A gravel race probably isn't the best place to experiment.
The thing I would be most careful about however, is the gravel.cc article linked above. Dropping tire pressure by 50% from 40 PSI to 20 PSI is might be good for comfort but reckless from a safety perspective.
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A gravel race probably isn't the best place to experiment.
The thing I would be most careful about however, is the gravel.cc article linked above. Dropping tire pressure by 50% from 40 PSI to 20 PSI is might be good for comfort but reckless from a safety perspective.
-Tim-
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Yes, as with all things, being careful is good advice.
A gravel race probably isn't the best place to experiment.
The thing I would be most careful about however, is the gravel.cc article linked above. Dropping tire pressure by 50% from 40 PSI to 20 PSI is might be good for comfort but reckless from a safety perspective.
-Tim-
A gravel race probably isn't the best place to experiment.
The thing I would be most careful about however, is the gravel.cc article linked above. Dropping tire pressure by 50% from 40 PSI to 20 PSI is might be good for comfort but reckless from a safety perspective.
-Tim-
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or it wasn't popular because it was limited to 650x38? (smaller sized frames)
there are many reasons other then a specific 'suspension reason as to why something isn't popular.
the slate has some quirky geometry also...
was the Oliver Lefty a more popular version of the Slate than the Rigid Slate though?
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wasn't popular because it was suspension, or that it was a costly rebuild and too often?
or it wasn't popular because it was limited to 650x38? (smaller sized frames)
there are many reasons other then a specific 'suspension reason as to why something isn't popular.
the slate has some quirky geometry also...
was the Oliver Lefty a more popular version of the Slate than the Rigid Slate though?
or it wasn't popular because it was limited to 650x38? (smaller sized frames)
there are many reasons other then a specific 'suspension reason as to why something isn't popular.
the slate has some quirky geometry also...
was the Oliver Lefty a more popular version of the Slate than the Rigid Slate though?
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Trek has a front and rear isospeed mechanism. Mine boone is before they created a front. But I can tell a difference in the rear.
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