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Old 09-24-2012, 01:31 PM   #11 (permalink)
some_other_dave
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Two very quick mods you can make that should help:

- Air up the tires. Unless they are old and need replacing immediately anyway, going up to the sidewall max should help lower your rolling resistance and should not hurt the tires. You can use lower pressures than that if going that high makes you nervous, but a pretty good body of anecdotal evidence says sidewall max is fine.

- Slow down. Limit your max speed, and try not to change speed any more than is absolutely necessary.

-soD

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