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Not on trend, but stick some more air in them. It’s probably all in my head, but I’ve found running 5psi more with tubes vs tubeless is about right. If you are riding a lot of road/hard pack I’d go even higher. Just take a pump with a gauge drop and raise the pressure if you intend to get knarly.
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If those tyres are the same Rekons that i see in the previous photos i completely understand your feelings, because i also have them and i seriously struggle on anything that's not pristine downhill single track. I'll swap them as soon as they're done with some Vittoria Mezcals, take a look at them uf you want
Chaley
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@vthejk
So, let’s talk tires. These are annoying me. They’re draggy as all hell and really, really hard to shift under pedal. I rode out to work yesterday first and initially thought the strong winds were the cause, but after riding home and then a couple times again today, it is noticeably much slower. Even on my favourite off-road climb (I PBed it last Friday, so I think my form is fine…?) I had to shift right down to my lowest gear and inch up labouriously. It’s somehow even worse on pavement as I can barely crack 20kph with significant difficulty on totally flat roads.
I’m intrigued on what I’m doing wrong and pondering whether to persist with plus tire life, or just get shorter cranks and use the old 2.35”es, which were fine before the pedal strikes.
I’m running them 13/15 PSI front/rear, though there’s big old butyl tubes in. Surely the tubes are not the problem? I mean I know tubeless offers some gains in rolling resistance but don’t remember tubes feeling like treacle in comparison.
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