| Re: Narrow Tyres
"mark" wrote:
> "Art Harris" wrote
>> "mark" wrote:
>>
>> > IME keeping the tires
>> > fully inflated helps them maintain traction.
>>
>> How do you reckon that?
>
> My experience is that fully inflated tires on a car or bicycle will grip
> better on pavement. As another poster pointed out, decreasing tire
> pressure
> will aid traction on soft/loose surfaces by increasing the contact patch
> of
> the tire, albeit at some increased risk of pinch flats.
An increased contact patch will increase traction on pavement. I'm not
saying to drop pressure from 110 psi to 50 psi, but 85-90 psi in a 25mm road
tire is a good idea in wet conditions. I certainly wouldn't inflate to the
maximum pressure in the rain.
Art Harris
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