--- On Thu, 2/3/11, paccoastcycles <paccoastcycles@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> About five years ago, a young
> twenties triathlete was standing accross the counter from me
> at the bike shop. She told me she would be needing to bring
> her special race wheels in to have me pump her tires. Her
> pump "wouldn't go that high". How high do you need to pump
> them, I asked. She told me 170psi. I kid you not.
>
> I tried to discuss what a tire does--how it works. Very
> early in saying my piece about that, I could see that she
> had tuned out the old gray beard bike shop guy, who probably
> doesn't know much anyway. I only finished my sentence so as
> to be able to gracefully go about my business.
>
> More is better! You go, Tri -Girl!
When I lived in San Diego, when I was in the best cycling shape of my life, when I rode my fastest times, I rode with 160 psi tires. When I get my Starck KOF on the road, it would be great if 320 psi tires are available.
Joe Starck
Madison, Wisconsin USA
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