OklaMoni....a question about bicycles

pattico_gw

12 years ago

today on the way to church we passed a rider who's bike had great big tires, nearly as big as a motorcycle's tires.

What perpose do those tires have?

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nanny98
12 years ago
Hope we find out! Could they be better in snow.... snow tires!!! Or Sand! I have a walker with those little tires/wheels, and it does not go in gravel or grass very well. I don't 'go' very well in snow or sand either! Just think'in.
OklaMoni
12 years ago
Patti, it is a new fad. There was one on RAGBRAI, that could because of those tires ride off the road in to a ditch... and back out, etc.

It's really just a new fad. :)

Moni... who just got home from a bike ride
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oldfixer
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Exercise. Grunt harder to get it moving.
jemdandy
12 years ago
Back when I was a kid, those were called ballon tires and those gave a softer ride. The fancier Swinn bikes used a narrow tire and on hard surfaces, were faster. The narrow tire used a higher pressure such as 50 psi or more; The ballon tire used less pressure in the neighborhood of 30 to 45 psi. The big difference came when riding on a country dirt or gravel road. In spring and early summer when the surface was soft, the ballon tire was more useful although required high effort. The thin tire cut through the surface and was useless.
OklaMoni
12 years ago
Jem, these BIG tires are way bigger than the balloon tires of yesteryear.

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susanjf_gw
12 years ago
did a search and saw these...BUT...check the hefty price???

gads that's a down payment on a compact car!!!

Here is a link that might be useful: https://www.lynskeyperformance.com/store/2014-lynskey-stratus-xt.html?source=googleps&gclid=CKjYg4Tgv70CFYtDMgodo1oAJw
OklaMoni
12 years ago
Oh, heavens, that's chicken feed Susan. My ex has a bike built for 3 that hovers around 25,000.00 dollars worth. His most expensive single bike is over 10 grand.

Bikes like golf clubs can get might expensive.

Moni
sloedjinn
12 years ago
Might have been a Surly Pugsley. Good for difficult terrain like mud or ice.

Here is a link that might be useful: Surly Pugsley
jemdandy
12 years ago
Ok Moni, i stand corrected You enlightened me to the fact that these tires in question are much larger than the balloon tires of old. I guess these have not yet appeared here in the land of ice and snow. I'll watch for those when the first wave of serious bicycliers hit the pavement and trails. (We did have a couple of bikers who rode in the snow this winter, but I consider these folks more crazy than serious because they did this in auto traffic.)
OklaMoni
12 years ago
Jem, I have only seen one so far, and it was at RAGBRAI, the bike ride across Iowa that is attended by thousands.

Have not seen one here in my neck of the woods yet. Really, just a new fad. :)

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