Hey Josh,
Nice review on the Geax Saguaros. Thanks for finding that, as I've been looking at replacements for my Bontragers for a while, and that one looks like a winner. As I mentioned, my wife has Geax Arrojo on her bike, and loves them. They make great tires, and I'm pleased to see a good one of theirs in 29er size. Might be a great choice for my rig, and for my wife's when the Arrojos wear out.
As for our ongoing pressure debate, I think you are somewhat missing my point. I have said all along that for single track riding, we all prefer to run our tires at lower pressures than for the hard pack flat trails -- ie. at 30 to 35 psi, even on my bike. This does not seem overly high to me. That is about as low as I am comfortable going with tubes, for fear of pinch flats or denting our rims. For a rider of my weight (220 lbs), 35 psi with tubes is kind of pushing the limit, don't you think? And yet, I have not had a pinch flat so far.
So.....it seems that you and I actually agree on something.
Coincidentally, our pressures happen to agree quite closely with Geax, at least for the lighter girls, but I don't recall you saying that 30 psi was WAY too high, at least for a tubed tire. Perhaps the Geax tables are not "utter b***sh**" after all, as you so eloquently put it. So....perhaps we agree on that too?
Believe me, if I could go lower, I would. But other than on my bike, which is TLR, I am just not willing to go tubeless, meaning that I don't want to go through the hassle of converting non-TLR rims and tires to tubeless, for reasons I've already stated. I don't think anyone is doubting your assertions that tubeless is better. I'm sure you are right. You are a far more experienced rider than we are, and I do believe you. But you have different demands of your gear, and are willing to put extra time and effort into getting better performance, but I am not. We are all recreational riders, not professionals or serious racers, and therefore have different expectations of our gear, and limits to the time and money we spend.
Speaking of which.....
a real rider riding a Geax tire......
Not sure what you mean by a "real rider"? What is your definition of real rider? Does that include only racers? Elite mtn. bikers? Am I a "real rider" in your eyes? I hope we have some mutual respect here....with emphasis on
mutual.
Regards,
S
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