Sunday, Jan 04, 2015 at 13:30
I'm in agreement with Zippo, I don't see any need to "air-down" on the roads in this stretch of country - they are good, regularly-maintained gravel roads.
If you do "air-down", it's important to recognise that the sidewalls of your tyres are flexing a lot more - this allows more sway to occur, and more importantly, it increases heat build-up in the tyre overall, possibly leading to tyre failure.
As a result, if you're running with aired-down tyres, this means it's critical to reduce your travel speed by a serious amount, and to keep a constant
check on tyre temperatures.
Cheers, Ron.
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