As bikes get lower and lighter and tires get fatter and fatter, is the ultimate goal to simply create a bike that can stand on its own?
Enjoy the weekend.
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Friday, February 6, 2009
Inflation
Well, yet another Knick game tonight has me scrambling to post just about anything so I can get out the door. I don't manage my time well. So, one thought:
As bikes get lower and lighter and tires get fatter and fatter, is the ultimate goal to simply create a bike that can stand on its own?
Enjoy the weekend.
As bikes get lower and lighter and tires get fatter and fatter, is the ultimate goal to simply create a bike that can stand on its own?
Enjoy the weekend.
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If only I could post from the G1 as well as comment. Sigh.
Anyway, consider this an addendum rather than a comment: The current big-bar trend also fits into the Balance Theory. The evolution of the BMX bike will be complete when someone builds one that can be slowly ghost-ridden across the Grand Canyon on a single 2x4.
Ya know, 3" Wide 20" street tires are still out there, leftovers from the Stingray choppers that Schwinn tried to pawn on America's youth 2-3 years ago.
is this 2.3 to go along with the 2.1, so their 2.25 goes with the 1.9?
yeah, dammit. choices are bad.
Apologies for the total fail on the shirt poll, too.
Monday.
I like my tires slim, just because I roll around lots to gets to street spots, parks and the rest. 1.85 Path Plyte front and back is the setup I liked most so far.
I dont see the problem with bigger tyres myself, you can run higher pressures than normal and still get a bit of cussioning on big impacts... surely a benefit to you decrepit moaning old bastards? I find they have a much more grip and a more predictable break away when sliding too.
These particular tyres could of cause be shit, but i like them in principal.
I can tell that T.F.A aint Ty-patrolling them posts anymore....
verification word:shands
I love the big fat tires. All my bikes have fatties. Even my all-mountain bike has a 2.5 on the front. Overkill maybe. But I just like the width and forgiveness.
lower rolling resitance is a smaller tyre with higher psi. and the 2.3 measure is only the width right? when will we see tyre makers listing the 'hight' and 'width' of the tyre?
won't a taller sidewall but a 1.85 width @ 120psi be the most 'efficient'? like how a 38c tyre is larger than a 23c? not really wider, only taller?
I've got 2.35" Schwalbe slicks on my 26" and 29" bikes. Looks like they make a 20" x 2.35" tire as well (the Crazy Bob).
The thought of big fat fatties on my BMX bike does intrigue me, but I'm hesitant to make the jump just yet.
is a 2.5 on a mtb front really a fatty? like really? don't they go to 3.7? like i don't even ride the shit and i know they go bigger.
steve, yes they do go way larger but the last time a 3" + tire was intriguing was in 2002...
most DH tires are 2.5 - 2.7 now a days. So yes a 2.5" tire on a all-mountain bike is considered a fatty. Most run a 2.1 - 2.35 on that type of bike.
I had 3.0s on my old Spooky Project X. It was like pedaling a Buick.
since you borrowed that from my bmxboard post you owe me. next time i drive up to new york its mandatory i ride the banks with you.
a 2.3" tire on the front certainly wont be 'FAF', more like 'SAF'
word verification: spead
kids wanna wip, barspin (old habbits never go away) and three everything, fat rear tires makes sense to suck up those misses, save thoses 200 dollar hoops out back
i dunno, i finally have 2 tires of the same make and size, and i gotta say, kinda nice how they stick out away from the rim for grinds, no more ground up rim walls, i still have a brake, and yea, they do make for some nice fluffy landings
2.3 just goes back to having a big little senario, and a little too close to the trials bike theory in reverse,
schwinn 2.5's out back, with 4 lbs of pressure.. with a 1.75 skinwall comp 3 out front?..
still debating the fruit scoot vs trials bike theory...
G.S.
gave up long ago. the shop keeps me busy enough to not have the time to red pen a blog. and if i did have the time this is one of the (usually) more intelligent BMX related ones out so my tendency is to be more forgiving to these fine folks. it's easier for me to overlook a missing apostrophe or wrong "your/you're" than it is for someone to call out someone else for "prolly being a dooshbag" thanks for noticing my absence, though.
No problems TFA,that was more of a line than a comment,just to keep a good vibe goin on!Dont worry,your name is still followed by four stars ,on that oak by the trails....
verification word:scherri
Todd from Albe's.
I actually enjoy reading your comments.
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