Old 07-22-14 | 09:01 PM
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ChiroVette
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Originally Posted by Nermal
Just for what it's worth, ChiroVette, greater weight requires higher pressure; not lower. I might suggest you go towards the high end of the tire and wheel limits.
Ah okay, I thought it was the other way around. I called Glen, the guy in Piermont who sold me my awesome new bike, since he has helped me with a bunch of stuff, and he told me that he would set the pressure to 100 PSI. When I told him I liked the higher pressure because I can bike faster, he said, "Ah, okay, then go to 120PSI Max. You will feel the road and all the bumps more, but it will e a faster ride." Then I asked him if my having filled the tires to 130 PSI 20 minutes before starting the ride that I got a rear flat caused the flat, and he said, "No. It was just bad luck."

But he definitely felt that 120 is about max I should go even though technically the tires take 130 PSI.

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