• Grass@sh.itjust.works
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    11 hours ago

    meanwhile I’m sketched out by the tires on my uncles old road bike that say max 90 psi wheras mine say like 20 or so.

    • Victoria
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      10 hours ago

      narrow tires need more pressure to maintain the same outward force, because the area is smaller.

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        9 hours ago

        Ok so that’s what the backup tire says 60psi.

        When I first saw it, I thought that it has to be wrong and I’m looking at the wrong number.

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          8 hours ago

          When I saw it the first time, before I understood how it worked, I thought “surely this is just for long-term storage purposes and I would need to bleed some pressure if I wanted to drive on it”