Pump says 90 psi
07-09-23, 10:17 AM
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07-09-23, 10:59 AM
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07-09-23, 11:30 AM
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Hopefully that means people are learning to stay out of trouble and find other threads instead of criticizing.
Bingo.
My friend, maybe you don't realize that characterizing someone as a troll is an insult, and frowned upon.
All in all, as I have repeated many times, when people come upon a thread that for whatever reason does not suit their tastes, they should just walk away and find a thread they like better. Don't feed the thread, make it wither on the vine from inactivity. Don't stay and demean the thread as well as the OP, that just violates the rules and could get you in trouble. Join the crowd that adhere's to the ageless wisdom: "If you can't say nothing nice, don't say nothing at all" . . . . and just walk away.
My friend, maybe you don't realize that characterizing someone as a troll is an insult, and frowned upon.
All in all, as I have repeated many times, when people come upon a thread that for whatever reason does not suit their tastes, they should just walk away and find a thread they like better. Don't feed the thread, make it wither on the vine from inactivity. Don't stay and demean the thread as well as the OP, that just violates the rules and could get you in trouble. Join the crowd that adhere's to the ageless wisdom: "If you can't say nothing nice, don't say nothing at all" . . . . and just walk away.
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07-09-23, 03:38 PM
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07-10-23, 05:20 PM
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For what kind of bikes? 65psi is not a good pressure for any of my bikes.
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07-10-23, 05:28 PM
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07-10-23, 07:12 PM
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07-10-23, 09:50 PM
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07-10-23, 10:37 PM
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07-11-23, 12:09 AM
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07-11-23, 06:04 PM
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Yeah, I'm thinking double that.
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07-11-23, 06:30 PM
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Not for any of my bikes. Even in the days of hard-and-skinny tires for road bikes, I wasn’t running 130psi.
65psi is probably a good pressure for some bikes, but Larry’s suggestion that it would be good for all bikea (or even a wide range) is just nonsense.
65psi is probably a good pressure for some bikes, but Larry’s suggestion that it would be good for all bikea (or even a wide range) is just nonsense.
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07-11-23, 10:55 PM
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And the rest of it was “know nothing” Larry arguing that other people are wrong (like most of his threads).
If it’s not trolling, it’s a very accurate simulation.
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07-11-23, 10:58 PM
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Road bikes are “fine” at 65. Genejocky claims he would pinch flat, but I bet he would be fine if he was cognizant of it and careful. Even 23s will probably be “fine” at 65, I let my tires get that low sometimes when I’m slacking. Mountain bikes suffer at 65, pretty pointless to go that high, but it’s still fine. The bike will work just fine. Might even be faster on the road.
For most people who use bikes for transport 65 is a totally fine pressure. The idea of a sportive cyclist looking going by an indicator on the pump is weird, and a layperson putting 65 psi in just about any bike would be “fine.” Heck most people on bikes would benefit from some more air in the tires and 65 is a good all around pressure.
The manufacturers choice of 90, if it is their choice, is ballsy. I approve
also eric 65 psi in 35s is totally fine. Your pressure is dialed in for what you like, but 65 would work.
The indicator (at least how I envision it) is for people who are like “dang I haven’t pumped my bike’s tires in forever, I wonder what pressure I should go to?” and answers to the tune of “well, it depends on how wide the tires are and how much you weigh” are way too complicated. Expecting people to know to bend down and look at the tire, interpret the numbers to get the width in some bs commie unit, and then look up the proper pressure, is just asking way too much. An indicator being like “bicycles should be pumped to this pressure” is so much simpler. It’s “based” as the kids say these days.
For most people who use bikes for transport 65 is a totally fine pressure. The idea of a sportive cyclist looking going by an indicator on the pump is weird, and a layperson putting 65 psi in just about any bike would be “fine.” Heck most people on bikes would benefit from some more air in the tires and 65 is a good all around pressure.
The manufacturers choice of 90, if it is their choice, is ballsy. I approve
also eric 65 psi in 35s is totally fine. Your pressure is dialed in for what you like, but 65 would work.
The indicator (at least how I envision it) is for people who are like “dang I haven’t pumped my bike’s tires in forever, I wonder what pressure I should go to?” and answers to the tune of “well, it depends on how wide the tires are and how much you weigh” are way too complicated. Expecting people to know to bend down and look at the tire, interpret the numbers to get the width in some bs commie unit, and then look up the proper pressure, is just asking way too much. An indicator being like “bicycles should be pumped to this pressure” is so much simpler. It’s “based” as the kids say these days.
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07-12-23, 05:09 AM
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The indicator (at least how I envision it) is for people who are like “dang I haven’t pumped my bike’s tires in forever, I wonder what pressure I should go to?” and answers to the tune of “well, it depends on how wide the tires are and how much you weigh” are way too complicated. Expecting people to know to bend down and look at the tire, interpret the numbers to get the width in some bs commie unit, and then look up the proper pressure, is just asking way too much. An indicator being like “bicycles should be pumped to this pressure” is so much simpler. It’s “based” as the kids say these days.
YOU manually set the indicator to your preferred pressure—whether that’s 65 or 140 or anything else. Then you pump to the easily seen indicator. It’s simply not a “suggestion.”
Well, maybe it isn’t so simple.
07-12-23, 05:28 AM
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