CrashTestDanny
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About a year ago, I had new tires mounted. When I picked it up, the first thing I did - since I'm such a trusting person
- was to check the tire pressure; right there on the STealer's parking lot. The tires were low - about 15 psi low!
Turns out the STealer had a bad tire gauge that was reading higher than the actual pressure. The checked with two other gauges then threw away the one they had used initially.
The point? Tire gauges can go bad. Have a spare. If a tire comes from the dealer and appears to be improperly inflated, double check with another gauge. You can never have too many of these things laying around - unless you're keeping one that has gone bad.
A close friend of mine recently learned that the main cause of his bike not handling properly was that he had released 12 psi from the front tire because his gauge was reading 12psi high. Double-checking with another gauge might have saved him some anxiety.
Turns out the STealer had a bad tire gauge that was reading higher than the actual pressure. The checked with two other gauges then threw away the one they had used initially.
The point? Tire gauges can go bad. Have a spare. If a tire comes from the dealer and appears to be improperly inflated, double check with another gauge. You can never have too many of these things laying around - unless you're keeping one that has gone bad.
A close friend of mine recently learned that the main cause of his bike not handling properly was that he had released 12 psi from the front tire because his gauge was reading 12psi high. Double-checking with another gauge might have saved him some anxiety.
