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dadbike

-Start with the widest tire that fits your bike.
-Use the most supple casing you can get away with, given the terrain and your riding style.
-Don’t worry much about tread pattern.
-When in doubt, choose a dual-purpose knobby.
-Adjust tire pressure to fine-tune how your bike feels. When in doubt, run lower pressures.
-Think in terms of bike handling and feel, not speed, when choosing your wheel size.
-Choose tires that give you confidence.
-During the race, you don’t want to think about your tires, but focus on your ride.

This could have been the whole article and it would have been fine. This is decent advice, but nothing revolutionary.

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hippy in reply to @dadbike

Point 2 negates the rest of the points.

If you've picked a supple casing and you're worried about cutting your sidewalls you've fucked yourself on the rest of the points. Who knows what you can "get away with"?

Here's some more tyre chat that should be in the tyre thread...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gHsvqRl7fQ0

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dadbike in reply to @hippy

I thought so at first, too. Hopefully this is where common sense kicks in. If I'm doing a known loop, close to home, on smoothish ground, I'll definitely be more OK with a light tire. Because I can "get away with it"

If I'm further afield I can't get away with too light a tire, because I want to be able to get home. So I'll pick a more robust tire.

Generally, I choose to stick with more sturdy tires anyway. So not a big issue.
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monkdagola in reply to @hippy

Thought that was Orla from Derry Girls talking tyres for a second.

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