Originally Posted by
repechage
The tire is marked
5-7 atms... about 105psi...
there was a guy in my old club, got a puncture
went Bang!!!
he was running 200psi ( Clement silk DelMondo ) he bought a gauge after
before was pump them till they were hard
Thank you for pointing that out. Extremely surprised and a bit disappointed not to have noted that before purchasing. Surprised because I have clinchers that go up to 140psi and the old tubulars - at least the Giros - are marked at 10 atms or 140. Disappointed because geez, you'd think a 220tpi tubular could be rated at least to 120. Anyway, I just aired both of them down to zero and will pump them up (my pump has a gauge) to the required pressure - but I already know the ride's gonna suffer, particularly at the rear. Gonna feel like I'm on a pogo-stick when I let 15psi go back there.
DD