Brandane
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How do you guys on road bikes with skinny high pressure tyres manage on roads with less than perfect surfaces (and that seems to be just about ALL roads nowadays)??
Reason I ask is that I recently changed tyres on my Tricross from 700x32 to 700x28 which I inflate to about 90 psi. Now a Tricross is supposedly a cyclocross bike and you would think it should be better able to soak up the odd bump or two. A lot of the roads around here have been tarred with that horrible surface that is mostly small stones held together with tar. Fine when in the car. Not pot-holed, but just very rough, uncomfortable and really hard going on a bike, if I am getting my description across here! You certainly notice a huge difference when you do find a smoother bit of road.
It has really made me think again about any aspirations I had of getting a proper road bike. In fact, because there are so many badly surfaced roads about here, I would probably tend to go the other way and get a mountain bike with road tyres. The Tricross was meant to be a compromise but even that is hard work. Why can't they put down decent road surfaces these days??
Reason I ask is that I recently changed tyres on my Tricross from 700x32 to 700x28 which I inflate to about 90 psi. Now a Tricross is supposedly a cyclocross bike and you would think it should be better able to soak up the odd bump or two. A lot of the roads around here have been tarred with that horrible surface that is mostly small stones held together with tar. Fine when in the car. Not pot-holed, but just very rough, uncomfortable and really hard going on a bike, if I am getting my description across here! You certainly notice a huge difference when you do find a smoother bit of road.
It has really made me think again about any aspirations I had of getting a proper road bike. In fact, because there are so many badly surfaced roads about here, I would probably tend to go the other way and get a mountain bike with road tyres. The Tricross was meant to be a compromise but even that is hard work. Why can't they put down decent road surfaces these days??