Val keeps telling me to let air out of my fat bike tires. While I’m still pretty new to the fat bike, Val’s been riding his longer and follows what fat bikers say on the forums. He says that the serious fat bikers all claim that playing around with tire pressure is key to maximizing the fat bike experience.
On an intellectual level, sure, I
understand how this works. Lower air pressure increases the surface area of the
tire, providing better traction in soft conditions like, say, snow. I get the
science of it. But the long-time roadie in me still has trouble letting air out
of those valves. I’m so used to riding on hard tires and associating low tire
pressure with inefficiency that I’m having difficulty adjusting to this new way
of thinking. I know I should try it
but I haven’t much.
