Originally Posted by
seedsbelize2
If you happened to be on a nice smooth surface…..
Oh, I am. Sometimes.
When I first got the tubular wheelset for Mrs. Peel, I glued on (well, taped on, really) some 22mm Conti Giros, and pumped 'em up to 140 psi. The first couple miles of my ride were on reasonably fresh asphalt. That felt pretty smooth and fast. Then I got to the part where the fresh asphalt was, for want of a better word,
textured. Like textured plaster on the wall, the kind they did in the 70s and 80 on top of drywall. I could feel every single 1mm high edge. I found myself focusing on finding the least bumpy line on the bike lane. So I stopped, carefully let out 2 *pffts* out of each tire, and rode on more comfortably.