Hey -- thanks Josh. Good of you to clarify that. And sorry if I took you on on that one. I wasn't sure where you were coming from with the "real rider" comment, and just wanted to make sure that you were on the up-n-up. We have had some people here on this forum who have behaved in a very disrespectful and condescending way to others because we didn't seem to fit their elitist ideals. So thanks for sorting that out. I appreciate that.
As for tubeless vs. tubed, high pressure vs. low -- I think we've flogged this one enough. Please don't get the impression that I am criticizing what you have to say. I said the following last night.....
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.
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.
.....which indicates pretty clearly that I actually agree with you, and would like to try tubeless for my bike. But that I have other reasons for not going tubeless on the other bikes (ie. I don't own an air compressor, etc.....) that have nothing to do with dismissing your advice or disrespecting what you have to say.
We do like a good argument around here at times, but no one should take these lively discussions personally. Sometimes we take a contrary position just to flush out more detail, when the original assertion looked a bit sketchy. Then we all agree in the end....or not. But that's OK, ain't it? This tire pressure debate was great fodder to kill some time until we can argue about ski stuff once the autumn comes. Speaking of which, what's wrong with using an 82mm ski in powder?
(just kidding.....
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Cheers,
Svend
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