The continuing saga of tire pressure...
My coach has been weighed and according to the tire manufacturer's PSI chart, I should be carrying 80 psi. But, when you (or I) have new tires installed, the tire company insists on pressuring up to t...
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A few things you can always take away from PSI threads
There are a lot of tire experts on this forum.
Oddly enough many of the experts don't share the same method. Heck, some have no method at all.
There is always doom and gloom with respect to PSI setting. Usually without a lot of documented proof and usually as a result of not using said expert's method.
Everyone's method they use is the best. No one ever seems to want to acknowledge someone else's method is better.
People are very passionate about tires and pressure. I smell and opportunity for a best seller "Tire Love".
Tires are forgiving. Based on the myriad of methods, variance in PSI settings, changes in ambient and tire temps and psi and all of them are not blowing up. Even using a method from a manufacturer, swings in PSI and temp have a HUGE range. Based on some posts they'd have you believe you are riding on Dynamite.
There are a lot of tire experts on this forum.
Oddly enough many of the experts don't share the same method. Heck, some have no method at all.
There is always doom and gloom with respect to PSI setting. Usually without a lot of documented proof and usually as a result of not using said expert's method.
Everyone's method they use is the best. No one ever seems to want to acknowledge someone else's method is better.
People are very passionate about tires and pressure. I smell and opportunity for a best seller "Tire Love".
Tires are forgiving. Based on the myriad of methods, variance in PSI settings, changes in ambient and tire temps and psi and all of them are not blowing up. Even using a method from a manufacturer, swings in PSI and temp have a HUGE range. Based on some posts they'd have you believe you are riding on Dynamite.
