How much air pressure

Bob Anderson said:

Recommendations on air pressure would be appreciated.

I've always used the highest pressure my tires could safely take, so as
to avoid pinch flats.

RichC

I'd run 80 and if it felt too hard, go down to 70. I'm not a fan of
squidgy tires, but you could probably run this tire as low as 50psi
with few issues, as you've got a lot of volume to play with.

Cool bike, btw. :-)

Bob Anderson said:

Bianchi Milano, ridden mostly on local bike paths and roads.

I switched from Kenda Kwest 26 x 1.5
to Specialized Armadillo Nimbus 26 x 1.5
http://www.specialized.com/bc/SBCEqProduct.jsp?spid=13251

The old tire had a max pressure of 65, the new tire 80.

Should I use max pressure?
Or middle of the range pressure?

Recommendations on air pressure would be appreciated.

the Armadillo is advertised as a puncture resistant tire, after
2300 miles on the old tire, and two flats in two rides, both glass, I
figured it was worth a shot to switch.

thanks

I run 60 lbs rear with 55 lbs front in my Continental Town & Country 26
x 1.9 (max pressure rated at 65 lbs) tires used on the same type of
surfaces as yours.

The reason I have these tires is for a softer smoother ride, yet I don't
want so soft a ride that the rolling resistance is unnecessarily increased.

BTW, anyone running knobbies that rolls mainly on pavement will notice a
dramatic difference with a switch to slicks or semi-slicks.

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Bob Anderson said:

Bianchi Milano, ridden mostly on local bike paths and roads.

I switched from Kenda Kwest 26 x 1.5
to Specialized Armadillo Nimbus 26 x 1.5
http://www.specialized.com/bc/SBCEqProduct.jsp?spid=13251

The old tire had a max pressure of 65, the new tire 80.

Should I use max pressure?

_ No. not unless your weight requires it. The max pressure is a
legal requirement not a technical one. Pick the pressure that
works best for you within the range of the tire. For that
bike and terrain, I would probably stick to something around
50-60 psi.

Quoted message said:

Or middle of the range pressure?

Recommendations on air pressure would be appreciated.

_ Try http://www.sheldonbrown.com/tire

for a good place to start.

_ Booker C. Bense

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Booker C. Bense said:

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In article <[email hidden]>,

Bob Anderson said:

Bianchi Milano, ridden mostly on local bike paths and roads.

I switched from Kenda Kwest 26 x 1.5
to Specialized Armadillo Nimbus 26 x 1.5
http://www.specialized.com/bc/SBCEqProduct.jsp?spid=13251

The old tire had a max pressure of 65, the new tire 80.

Should I use max pressure?

_ No. not unless your weight requires it. The max pressure is a
legal requirement not a technical one. Pick the pressure that
works best for you within the range of the tire. For that
bike and terrain, I would probably stick to something around
50-60 psi.

Quoted message said:

Or middle of the range pressure?

Recommendations on air pressure would be appreciated.

_ Try http://www.sheldonbrown.com/tire

for a good place to start.

_ Booker C. Bense

Middle of the range sounds good, since I had a 60 PSI tire pop at 50 PSI
while I was airing it, and it was like having a big firecracker go off
in my face. My road bike tires 700cm are supposed to go to 120 but one
of mine went boom in the middle of the night. The 60 PSI tire was
Chinese and the 700cm tire turned out to have sun (UV) damage to the
side of the tire from where I parked it. No pinch flats but a sun flat.
Bill

Bill said:

Quoted message said:

Middle of the range sounds good, since I had a 60 PSI tire pop at 50 PSI
while I was airing it, and it was like having a big firecracker go off
in my face. My road bike tires 700cm are supposed to go to 120 but one
of mine went boom in the middle of the night. The 60 PSI tire was
Chinese and the 700cm tire turned out to have sun (UV) damage to the
side of the tire from where I parked it. No pinch flats but a sun flat.
Bill

What kind of advice is that? You say you had one defective tire (tube?)
and question the quality of the other. So how can any conclusion be
drawn from the experience.

gds said:

Bill said:

Middle of the range sounds good, since I had a 60 PSI tire pop at 50 PSI
while I was airing it, and it was like having a big firecracker go off
in my face. My road bike tires 700cm are supposed to go to 120 but one
of mine went boom in the middle of the night. The 60 PSI tire was
Chinese and the 700cm tire turned out to have sun (UV) damage to the
side of the tire from where I parked it. No pinch flats but a sun flat.
Bill

What kind of advice is that? You say you had one defective tire (tube?)
and question the quality of the other. So how can any conclusion be
drawn from the experience.

It's Bilogic, my dear Watson. It doesn't have to make sense.

Rich

Per Rich:

Quoted message said:

It's Bilogic, my dear Watson.

------------------------------------
Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson went on a camping trip.

After a good meal and a bottle of wine, they lay down in their tent for the
night and went to sleep.

Some hours later, Holmes awoke and nudged his faithful friend awake.

"Watson, look up at the sky and tell me what you see."

Watson replied, "I see millions and millions of stars."

"What does that tell you?" Holmes questioned.

Watson pondered for a minute.

"Astronomically, it tells me that there are millions of galaxies and potentially
billions of planets.

Astrologically, I observe Saturn is in Leo.

Logically, I deduce that the time is approximately quarter past three.

Theologically, I can see that God is all-powerful and that we are small and
insignificant.

Meteorologically, I suspect that we will have a beautiful day tomorrow."

"Is that all?", Holmes asked.

"Yes." Watson replied. "Why, am I missing something?"

Holmes was quiet for a moment, then spoke: "Watson, you [censored], someone has
stolen our tent."
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--
PeteCresswell

gds said:

What kind of advice is that? You say you had one defective tire (tube?)
and question the quality of the other. So how can any conclusion be
drawn from the experience.

A. Chinese tires are [censored].
B. The UV from the sun will erode any tire of any quality so storing it
in the sun is a bad idea.
C. 700cm tires need to be at the upper limit.
D. Mountain bike tires can be run nearly flat and survive for some reason.
All of the above aare from experience (mine), so yours may vary.
Bill

Damn, I want some of those 700cm tires Bill's going on about.

maxo said:

Damn, I want some of those 700cm tires Bill's going on about.

Hey, leave him alone, he speaking from personal experience. Yours,
mine, and realities experiences may vary.

You should know that little bill never lets knowledge, real
experience, or understanding, get in the way of posting.

Life is Good!
Jeff

maxo said:

Damn, I want some of those 700cm tires Bill's going on about.

You'd only need one. You could build the entire bike inside the single
tire.

maxo said:

Damn, I want some of those 700cm tires Bill's going on about.

They sound like the cycling equivalent of seven league boots ...

http://www.dself.dsl.pipex.com/MUSEUM/TRANSPORT/motorwhl/motorwhl.htm#1

maxo said:

http://www.dself.dsl.pipex.com/MUSEUM/TRANSPORT/motorwhl/motorwhl.htm#1

OK, I made a typo, 700mm, although that article above is kind of a nice
diversion.
Bill (clumsy fingers) Baka