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hbillsmith
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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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csamayfield55x
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Sep 05, 2015
Don't adjust for altitude, if you bump up pressure at 3K or 4K feet then go down to sea level you will be over your max pressure.
This is one of the reason I never pump up to max. I run a few lbs below because we will often see a 5K foot difference between our camp sights and home!

Chris

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