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11-06-2005, 01:41 PM
For those of you that had followed my thread on the switch to 25 mm wide tires, I'd like to follow up on my ride observations. First I swaped Hutchinson Gold Comp 23 to the same brand 25 which really measured 23.5 mm on the width and I am sorry I never measured the old 23's now. Not that my Hors ever steered too fast, and Kelly Beford told me that my 58 cm frame had a trail of about 5.6 with the 73.5 HTA and 43 mm rake fork I just fell in love with the new Serotta geometries with 73 HTA and 43 mm rake forks with trail numbers approaching 5.9. Well switching to a relatively fatter tire and running about 10 psi less pressure in the tubes to 90 psi versus 100 psi I am really pleaseD to say that I can and have taken my hands off the bars at speeds of + 30 mph going down River Road in Potomac on the same loop I have done a million times. WOW what a huge difference riding with just one bump up size tire will do. I strongly suggest that you give this a try. Fact is I will send this report to Kelly to let him know what I have just observed. Makes me wonder what the bike would handle like if I truly had a 25 mm wide tire like a Michelin Pro! Anyway I am tickled to death about what the handling now feels like not that I did not like it before BUT I must say the new Serotta's ride like they are on RAILS and very high speed with their new front end spec's.