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Post by Dave »

I just had a check of the pressure in the tyres on a bike that i have not used in a couple of months.

The front was down about 10 psi, the rear 6 psi.

Thinking about this, i have not used the bike in two months, but honestly i cant remember the actual last time i checked the pressures. :???

Anyway, not like i am preping for a wee run tomorrow if things are dry, or an early breakfast at Sanddoller (Aberdeen Beach) :biggrin2
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Get one of these and you can forget about tyre pressures for ever :)

Just don't stick your knee out too far or you might lose a leg...

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Meh....a brit could build that in a shed ;)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=soxxPyaAT1k
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Zathos wrote:Meh....a brit could build that in a shed ;)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=soxxPyaAT1k

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Zathos wrote:Meh....a brit could build that in a shed ;)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=soxxPyaAT1k
Thanks to that guy, I now reeeeeeeally want an underground mancave (read: zombie shelter). :log
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Total nutter, but good to watch....


...lost a few days viewing his back catalogue :2up
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Post by al »

Dave wrote:I just had a check of the pressure in the tyres on a bike that i have not used in a couple of months.

The front was down about 10 psi, the rear 6 psi.

Thinking about this, i have not used the bike in two months, but honestly i cant remember the actual last time i checked the pressures. :???

Anyway, not like i am preping for a wee run tomorrow if things are dry, or an early breakfast at Sanddoller (Aberdeen Beach) :biggrin2
Even if you have been using your bike almost every day throughout the winter it is easy to forget that you haven't checked your tyre pressures for a while (can't belive we are nearly in April already!). :oops

I thought I had picked up a puncture in my front tyre yesterday but it was just low pressure. Both tyres needed a top up as it happened. I had just been compensating for the lowering pressures and just blamed it on the road surface until in the dry the front end of the bike felt "mushy".

Big Kneed Al (master of the emergency stop & "stand up" comedian).
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