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Inflating a tire to maximum pressure can lead to an unnecessarily harsh ride on certain road surfaces such as chip seal or with surfaces that have lots of cracks in them. I found that out the hard way. Had a bike with tires at 120 psi and riding it felt like Mohammed Ali was punching me in the kidneys. I had to turn around quite a bit short of my destination. I thought I might have to walk part way home the pain was so bad. Later I dropped the pressure a fair bit and the ride was much more comfortable. Sort of counter intuitive. Sometimes more is NOT better.
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