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Old 05-30-23 | 05:25 PM
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Originally Posted by Billydog
Ok...
It's been a while since I been on a bike... It's been around 20 years..
i still haven't been on my bike yet..
I walked it to and from the bike shop after the bike shop guy put air in my tires..
I may need a pair of training wheels to get back in the groove of things...
I should have asked the bike shop guy if he had a pair of training wheels but I forgot.
Yeah, that sounds about right. 20 years ago, everyone ran pretty much the highest pressure the tires would hold, thinking nearly rigid tires would be faster. Then somebody actually tested that hypothesis and it turned out to be wrong.
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