butre
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that suspension seatpost is the right place to look, the only bike I've got without one is a late 70s bmx bike running 75 psi with a narrow hard plastic seat and that thing feels a bit like getting punched in the ass
always the last mile home...
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Fabian
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Surprisingly, the low tyre pressures give more comfort that the suspension seat post.
That's why i am greatly enthused with the concept of "fat bikes" with 5 inch wide tyres that can be run at 10 PSI.
It's fair to say that there will be massive rolling resistance; greatly slowing you down, but who gives a damn about an extra 10 MPH of top speed - it's a bicycle after all, and who cares about rolling resistance when an engine sits in the frame.
That's why i am greatly enthused with the concept of "fat bikes" with 5 inch wide tyres that can be run at 10 PSI.
It's fair to say that there will be massive rolling resistance; greatly slowing you down, but who gives a damn about an extra 10 MPH of top speed - it's a bicycle after all, and who cares about rolling resistance when an engine sits in the frame.
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i cant stand squishy tyres, and having rolled a few off the rim, plus the inevitable pinch punctures...i always add at least another 1/4 of the rated pressure. i like my minimum rolling resistance and my top speed 
i should take a pic of the hole thats festering down the road...how to avoid a metre wide patch across the road, i wonder? sure, i could slow down, but that suits me about as much as running low pressures... mmm, sydney roads, best in the world....for 4wd's
no, i cannot run low pressures, no excuse required. comfort be dammed, whats wrong with standing on the pedals occasionally? you dont land 6 foot tabletops sitting in the seat... cant say ive done one of them for a few years though!
admittedly, gimme some of those "dune buggy" tyres and ill run em low as i can mmm, carbide studs... theyre pretty cheap on fleabay...i just hope new rubber is as cheap! they arent so popular here, down under... strange...arent we meant to be a desert?
i should take a pic of the hole thats festering down the road...how to avoid a metre wide patch across the road, i wonder? sure, i could slow down, but that suits me about as much as running low pressures... mmm, sydney roads, best in the world....for 4wd's
no, i cannot run low pressures, no excuse required. comfort be dammed, whats wrong with standing on the pedals occasionally? you dont land 6 foot tabletops sitting in the seat... cant say ive done one of them for a few years though!
admittedly, gimme some of those "dune buggy" tyres and ill run em low as i can
mmm, carbide studs... theyre pretty cheap on fleabay...i just hope new rubber is as cheap! they arent so popular here, down under... strange...arent we meant to be a desert?
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ooops, i did it again...
35 km ride tonight, from one shop to the other and back again due to lack of cash, and a card that only swipes on one specific machine... not to mention almost getting squished by a truck...
and where did i run out of fuel, because i ignored the feeling in my gut before leaving home?
darn tootin! less than 500 metres down the road...
just beating the rain by twenty seconds too! as soon as my helmet was off and i was under cover....WEEEE!!!
*kicks bike* whens this stupid engine going to DIE???? stop rattling and wheezing! just pack it in already!
35 km ride tonight, from one shop to the other and back again due to lack of cash, and a card that only swipes on one specific machine... not to mention almost getting squished by a truck...
and where did i run out of fuel, because i ignored the feeling in my gut before leaving home?
darn tootin! less than 500 metres down the road...
just beating the rain by twenty seconds too! as soon as my helmet was off and i was under cover....WEEEE!!!
*kicks bike* whens this stupid engine going to DIE???? stop rattling and wheezing! just pack it in already!
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