In my case it would be a hell of a heap o cash!I'm not sure why "more money than sense" is considered an insult. I'd love to have more money than sense.
Speak for yourself. Even after decades, I tend to wonder why it's being such hard work long before realising a tyre's under pressure. Maybe it's because I've usually a sprung saddle and cork grips on plush plush 37s so road buzz isn't much. So I try to check fortnightly.so the thumb test is inaccurate ? how accurate do you need to be,? when riding; it's easy to feel if a tyres psi has dropped, and a quick re-inflating session is required.......
I thought a "Wahoo" was what they called a cyclist with more money than senseI saw an aerodynamic Wahoo mount for $70 the other day. So theres 2 more things I need for the bike
I've got 32c Schwalbe Marathons and 25c GP 4000 II right next to me here, and I've just checked one of each. The Marathon is at approx 70psi and the GP at a fraction under 100 - to the thumb, the Marathon feels slightly harder.Schwalbe reckon the thumb test is not reliable because all pressures feel the same above a certain level, and the puncture protection band can give a false reading.
"The widespread thumbtest method is very inaccurate, as all tyres will feel identically hard from a pressure of approx. 2 bar up. The thumb test is completely insufficient for Marathon Plus tyres due to the special puncture belt."
https://www.schwalbe.com/en-GB/luftdruck.html
Doesn't that hurt? Do you have to use Optrex afterwards?I've become quite adept at weighing pasta by eye - I'm usually within 10 grams.
I already have - and I don't have much money.I'm not sure why "more money than sense" is considered an insult. I'd love to have more money than sense.
I expect its intended use isn't for real time tracking but for the historical data record over a whole ride.I'm trying to work out who the target market is.
I can understand it on a car as I know from being in the trade that a large percentage of drivers are a bit lazy when it comes to checking tyres, oil, coolant etc and rely on a warning light coming on (some don't even stop for the warning lights and it cost one client a fortune in siezed engines).
On a bike though, a puncture is fairly easy to notice so the average enthusiast isn't the market.
Those who run round on barely inflated tyres obviously don't care so they aren't the market.
Time triallers can't afford the time to stop and fix a puncture and would begrudge the extra weight anyway, so they aren't the market.
Pro-racers? If they have warning of a tyre deflating they could call up the team car and loose less time swapping.
It seems a bit too niche to me.