fun fact. going slightly, and I mean slightly, under the recommended tire pressure is better for winter than overfilling. a little bit more flex means more rubber is in contact with whatever surface you are currently riding on.
This is a common misconception. For riding on asphalt or hard ground, narrower tires with knobs or studs are recommended because you want to cut through to asphalt using as much force per unit area possible. This is standard wisdom for basically every kind of winter weather tire, even though it is slightly counterintuitive. More surface area makes it much more likely to float on top of the snow, where you won’t get traction no matter what size the contact patch.
It’s been a while (well decades) since I used road tyres, but at least mountain bike tyres are famously recommending way too high pressure. I run about 1.3 bar in mine, while the recommended pressure on the tyres are 2.0 if I’m not mistaken.
And 2.0 is impossible to ride with. Apparently they do this to avoid lawsuits if the tyre punctures so they can argue you were running them out of spec.
fun fact. going slightly, and I mean slightly, under the recommended tire pressure is better for winter than overfilling. a little bit more flex means more rubber is in contact with whatever surface you are currently riding on.
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This is a common misconception. For riding on asphalt or hard ground, narrower tires with knobs or studs are recommended because you want to cut through to asphalt using as much force per unit area possible. This is standard wisdom for basically every kind of winter weather tire, even though it is slightly counterintuitive. More surface area makes it much more likely to float on top of the snow, where you won’t get traction no matter what size the contact patch.
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It’s been a while (well decades) since I used road tyres, but at least mountain bike tyres are famously recommending way too high pressure. I run about 1.3 bar in mine, while the recommended pressure on the tyres are 2.0 if I’m not mistaken.
And 2.0 is impossible to ride with. Apparently they do this to avoid lawsuits if the tyre punctures so they can argue you were running them out of spec.
I run street tires at 5 bar. Less than 2 is horribly lossy. I don’t get how Mountainbikes can run on that.
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Maybe they store their bike somewhere unheated and the drop is temp has meant the pressure got too low?
I wasn’t commenting on OPs choice. Just sharing a fun fact.