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Why Do You Ride Mountain A Bike On Streets?
On Wed, 02 Jun 2004 20:58:48 GMT, "Pete" wrote:
.. .."Corvus Corvax" wrote in message .com... .. "Pete" wrote (from the "a little knowledge is a .. dangerous thing" file): .. .. Yes, it IS simple physics. .. Simple physics to show that the contact patch will, at a given pressure ..and .. weight, be the same size, no matter how wide the tire. .. Simple physics to show that a rounder and shorter contact patch, of the ..same .. area, causes less sidewall deformation, ergo less internal friction, ..ergo .. less rolling resistance. .. .. Except that nobody runs a mountain bike tire at 100 psi. And that's .. not even considering knobby treads. Are you seriously trying to argue .. that mountain bikes have lower rolling resistance than road bikes?? .. ..As the subj line says, we've been talking about mtb's on the street. With ..street tires, not knobbies. But they are also WIDER than 10-speed & 3-speed tires. More rubber on the ground. And I DO run my 1.5" CyclePro & 1.9" Cheng Shin ..at pretty close to 100. .. ..Scroll back up, and you'll see how we got to this point, CC .. ..Pete .. === I am working on creating wildlife habitat that is off-limits to humans ("pure habitat"). Want to help? (I spent the previous 8 years fighting auto dependence and road construction.) http://home.pacbell.net/mjvande |
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Why Do You Ride Mountain A Bike On Streets?
On 2 Jun 2004 09:55:31 -0700, (Adam) wrote:
..Mike Vandeman wrote in message . .. ..-8- snip -8- .. .. Who cares? I like to enjoy biking, not torture myself and others. .. ..Now we *know* you're a liar - if you don't like to "torture myself and ..others" [sic], you'd have given up posting on a.m-b years ago. Telling the truth is enjoyable. You should try it sometime. ..Adam... === I am working on creating wildlife habitat that is off-limits to humans ("pure habitat"). Want to help? (I spent the previous 8 years fighting auto dependence and road construction.) http://home.pacbell.net/mjvande |
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Why Do You Ride Mountain A Bike On Streets?
Mike Vandeman
Telling the truth is enjoyable. You should try it sometime. wassa matter mike, got sand in your vagina again? g |
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