I still find the whole process a bit frustrating. Why do we need to put inserts in tyres? Is it rim design, is it tyre design? It strikes me that either one of these isn't designed correctly? The cynic in me says simply run more pressure, I read comments of tyre pressures of low or sub 20s, then I hear Troy Brosnan and Greg Minnaar running 30psi and at least one of them is lighter than me!
At what point does the rubber compound (say Super Tacky vs Maxx Terra) trump pressure? Does it ever?
If you run an insert, how large could you get away with before it's almost a solid tyre? I'd love to see blind tests, bit hard perhaps, but with the same width and type it might be possible? Wheelsets could be built up identically and the tyre blacked out. With an efficiency climb test too!
Sorry. So many questions.
Nov. 2, 2020, 12:46 a.m. - ChazzMichaelMichaels
I still find the whole process a bit frustrating. Why do we need to put inserts in tyres? Is it rim design, is it tyre design? It strikes me that either one of these isn't designed correctly? The cynic in me says simply run more pressure, I read comments of tyre pressures of low or sub 20s, then I hear Troy Brosnan and Greg Minnaar running 30psi and at least one of them is lighter than me! At what point does the rubber compound (say Super Tacky vs Maxx Terra) trump pressure? Does it ever? If you run an insert, how large could you get away with before it's almost a solid tyre? I'd love to see blind tests, bit hard perhaps, but with the same width and type it might be possible? Wheelsets could be built up identically and the tyre blacked out. With an efficiency climb test too! Sorry. So many questions.