It's quite a while back now when I was writing a lot about CushCore that I had this message conversation going back and forth will a fellow from an area with steep but dry dusty and smooth trails who couldn't wrap his head around inserts or even heavy-duty sidewalls. "Just run more air pressure."
I was actually thinking about it last Friday. It was especially greasy on anything rock-armoured and cold enough that even super sticky rubber and low pressures still were requiring a master's degree in brake control. I was so stoked to be aired down low with huge inserts.
But, if I lived in some of the chunky places I've ridden that doesn't get greasy I'd probably be happy to ditch the inserts and run heavy-duty sidewalls for protection and just add some air pressure for rim protection?
Never mind different preferences for geometry for different terrain, climate, building styles tires and tire setup is going to be hugely geographic too.
Dec. 6, 2021, 1:12 p.m. - Andrew Major
It's quite a while back now when I was writing a lot about CushCore that I had this message conversation going back and forth will a fellow from an area with steep but dry dusty and smooth trails who couldn't wrap his head around inserts or even heavy-duty sidewalls. "Just run more air pressure." I was actually thinking about it last Friday. It was especially greasy on anything rock-armoured and cold enough that even super sticky rubber and low pressures still were requiring a master's degree in brake control. I was so stoked to be aired down low with huge inserts. But, if I lived in some of the chunky places I've ridden that doesn't get greasy I'd probably be happy to ditch the inserts and run heavy-duty sidewalls for protection and just add some air pressure for rim protection? Never mind different preferences for geometry for different terrain, climate, building styles tires and tire setup is going to be hugely geographic too.