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10-04-19, 10:48 AM

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Originally Posted by firebird854

I'd probably just have the bike store I'm renting the bike from re-inflate the tires, I do have tubeless, will I have to take the tires completely off? Or just deflate them down to like 30 psi? I am running 120mm rotors front and back which is a little different (normally there's at least one 160mm in there), but they said they'd "calibrate the calipers", do you think this might cause some issues? Also, I know it's not a race, but why have nice wheels if I don't use them?

Do you want a headache? Because this is how you get a headache.

If you really want to use your wheels, bring the bike that goes with it. Most bikes nowadays use 140 to 160mm rotors.

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