>Absolutely Bob, its a skill that mountain bikers get very good at...not only
>knowing where your front wheel is going, but your back wheel, too. An
>earlier post mentioned a bunch of unavoidable glass, so thats probably why
>nobody brought it up, but you make a very valid point.
>-Ed "singlespeeder" Kasper
>Detroit MI
The unavoidable glass included a broken beer bottle bottom with the "dangerous side up. My front tire hit it square and rolled over it and my immediate assumption was "there goes the front." The "fat" rear also hit it and by the time I got stopped on the other side of the glass I expected both tires to be flat. That the front wasn't flat is probably something of a miracle. In fact, it doesn't even seem to be cut anywhere. In favor of the Armadillo -- it provided enough stability to safely stop even though it went totally flat instantly.
The front was a Vitoria 23C running at about 135 psi and the rear was the Armadillo 28C running at about 125 psi (recommended max). I am a big guy -- about 215 pounds -- so I should probably have had about 10 more psi in the rear. Whether that would have made any difference ... who knows?
Bob Atwood
Mesa,AZ