fratermus
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My first tire pressure check was when I got it home, then at the 600m service. I don't have the records in front of me (stranded at work) but I think the pressures were in the 36-38psi range. No pressure needed (assuming my air gauge is ok).
Last pic I had of the rear was Sept 21 at maybe 2000 miles:
I am a mild-mannered 190# rider and you can see my chicken strips are largely intact. I eyeballed the tire a couple of days ago and noticed the center of the tire flattening enough to notice from my commuting miles. I was going to start sniffing around for a harder-compound commuting tire.
Fast forward to my current emergency.
I believe I threw a strip of the tire on the way to work today at mile 3671:
It must have been close to work because it is not holding air now. The removed strip appears to go around the tire. {Edit: yes, those are steel belts in the pic}. No sign of interference with the underbits of the bike. No squishiness or imprecision in rear handling that would have tipped me off.
I am beginning to doubt my sanity and/or pressure gauge. It has admittedly been banging around in my tool box for years. Could I have been running it quite low unknowingly all along? I have been googling pics and it looks more like low pressure than anything else.
This is my first modern street tire (dual-sports before) so I don't know exactly what the wear should look like. But it looks like the tire has misshapen in the last few days. Bulgy in the middle, scooped at the edges where it stripped or wore off.
ARghhhh!
Last pic I had of the rear was Sept 21 at maybe 2000 miles:
I am a mild-mannered 190# rider and you can see my chicken strips are largely intact. I eyeballed the tire a couple of days ago and noticed the center of the tire flattening enough to notice from my commuting miles. I was going to start sniffing around for a harder-compound commuting tire.
Fast forward to my current emergency.
I believe I threw a strip of the tire on the way to work today at mile 3671:
It must have been close to work because it is not holding air now. The removed strip appears to go around the tire. {Edit: yes, those are steel belts in the pic}. No sign of interference with the underbits of the bike. No squishiness or imprecision in rear handling that would have tipped me off.
I am beginning to doubt my sanity and/or pressure gauge. It has admittedly been banging around in my tool box for years. Could I have been running it quite low unknowingly all along? I have been googling pics and it looks more like low pressure than anything else.
This is my first modern street tire (dual-sports before) so I don't know exactly what the wear should look like. But it looks like the tire has misshapen in the last few days. Bulgy in the middle, scooped at the edges where it stripped or wore off.
ARghhhh!
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