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From: Frank Krygowski <frkrygow@sbcglobal.net>
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Subject: Re: fat is faster
Date: Fri, 14 Feb 2025 23:21:30 -0500
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On 2/14/2025 2:08 PM, Roger Merriman wrote:
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> Grip test are notoriously difficult, you can test a bike times down a trail
> but it’s not wildly useful certainly for MTB tyres grip and feel so seat of
> your pants impressions do matter.
I don't doubt that tests for off-road grip would be difficult. But I do 
doubt that "feel" is really reliable in many cases.

Of course, the unreliability of "feel" has been discussed at length here 
for many, many years.


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