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hbillsmith
Explorer
Sep 05, 2015

How should I adjust tire pressure to/from mountains

Just before leaving Dallas TX (Altitude 600 ft, hot that day at 98 deg,) I set my Maxxis 16" tire pressures to 80psi as recommended by Maxxis and I headed up to Ruidoso NM (Altitude 7900 ft, cool high...
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Veebyes
Explorer II
Sep 05, 2015
Never paid any attention to tires for low vs high altitude pressure.

If you have a sleep number bed there is quite the difference between firmness at low vs high altitude.

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