All good questions, and more frustratingly they seem to vary based on terrain specifically. Rock slabs, wet roots, and bike pack hardpack, rubber compound is massive (and only competes with tread/void ratios) on performance.
In loose-over-hard, loam, sand, and mud, it's tire pressure and tread pattern all day.
Just that subtle difference is why for some people 'just add air' is a complete and adequate answer, and for others inserts, lower air pressure, and selecting a casing that lets the tread pattern work from there is the answer... and neither one is wrong.
Nov. 2, 2020, 9:13 a.m. - Tehllama42
All good questions, and more frustratingly they seem to vary based on terrain specifically. Rock slabs, wet roots, and bike pack hardpack, rubber compound is massive (and only competes with tread/void ratios) on performance. In loose-over-hard, loam, sand, and mud, it's tire pressure and tread pattern all day. Just that subtle difference is why for some people 'just add air' is a complete and adequate answer, and for others inserts, lower air pressure, and selecting a casing that lets the tread pattern work from there is the answer... and neither one is wrong.