Tyre width
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Probably a bit of everything to be fair, it's that time of year0
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Rick Chasey wrote:ddraver wrote:
Fair enough, just need a dose of MTFU. Trouble is I don't know if it's partly the month off, partly the Xmas Break, partly laziness, partly UK roads vs Dutch bike paths or what...
UK roads are very heavy.
Was tough going this morning.
I feel your angst… being haunted by an illusive and often unidentifiable position/pedalling imbalance/issue has been the number 1 aggravation for me since I started cycling… way more than @rsehole drivers.
Correct position/pedalling = art x science.
When you see it in action it is beautiful and a thing to behold.
One of the problems with conditions like they are at the moment is that you're fighting numerous issues simultaneously (and even more so if you've had a position change) which makes it even harder to concentrate on pedalling efficacy.0 -
You're all freaks.
Just thought you should know, if you didn't already.Warning No formatter is installed for the format0 -
Although I knew of studies suggesting wider tyres have less rolling resistance, I felt (and still feel) this is only really relevant for the back wheel since it carries most of the weight, so I rode for years with 20 mm on the front wheel (more aerodynamic), and 23 mm on the back. Still might, except 20 mm have become hard to find.Rick Chasey wrote:Roadies originally went for as narrow tyres as possible since, not that unreasonably, they figured the narrower the profile, the less drag.
Now there is a lot of actual wind testing etc and a much better understanding of how drag and aerodynamics actually work ... and, as the article says, there is a fraction of a saving running a 25mm tyre over a 23 or 21mm tyre in rolling resistance0 -
No matter how thin/narrow they may look, from reviews of saddles I read about 8 years ago, I understood them-a-days Fiziks always had wider sit bone widths than brands like Selle Italia.Rick Chasey wrote:By thin as in narrow? Maybe i should look into it.
However, I've recently read that this has changed and in the last few years Fiziks have narrowed the sit bone width a little. But as narrow as other brands? I don't know.
And Fiziks still tend to be firmer both at the front tip and at the back of the saddle than some riders prefer, and that too plays a role in comfort, especially at the back of the saddle.0 -
15 mm up in one go is too much, even if the bike-fitter thought it really needed to move up that much. And he should know that. Better to have done it in 2-3 steps with 4-6 hours riding in the intermediate step before the next small rise.ddraver wrote:I had a bike fit over Christmas and everything feels totally horrible at the moment
He moved my saddle up 15mm
Put it down 7-8 mm yourself and then end January (presuming you get some riding in) put it back up again.0 -
Rick Chasey wrote:Paul 8v wrote:That's the one's I'd heard there had been problems with, glad I went with the Bontragers now!
It would be interesting to see what tyres the pros actually use, back in the day they would sometimes use alternative gear logo'd up as their sponsored equipment, does this still happen?
Yeah. Mainly saddles and the occasional chainring.Gilbert for example uses a selle italia despite BMC being sponsored by Fizik. Pretty sure Roland was using unbranded O-symetrics too.
But the really obvious one:
Pretty sure that's a HED front wheel.
And Roubaix is stuffed with unbranded tuff.
Obviously noting to do with tyres. But I can guarantee the majority if not all of teams will use unbranded specialist tyres for Roubaix. Was an article in Rouleur about it the other day about the company - can't remember the name.
FMB or Dugast.Blog on my first and now second season of proper riding/racing - www.firstseasonracing.com0
