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12-23-11 | 07:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Stealthammer

Wow, you guys are running really low psi and not having any issues with pinching, and you are also finding that you have even more control down at 20-25psi. I have been reluctant to dropping the pressure on the Mount and Grounds below 40psi on the road (but I will drop to 30psi off-road with the Extremes), but now I am looking forward to some good hard snow this year so I can test road traction of the Mount and Grounds at 25-30psi. I appreciate the input.

I went a little lower than I had planned but it was cold, it was snowing and I didn't want to dig out a gauge. I only found out how low I had gone after I got home and pumped the tires back up.

That said, you can run lower pressures on the road than you can off-road because the surface is smooth. And the snow softens everything even more.

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