My last pair of Panaracer Col de Vie tires said "keep inflate to 50 lbs" [sic]. I often inflated them to roughly 60 psi (with a little more air in the back tire). One mechanic noted on a sales receipt " 65 psi (overrating) at client request". I cannot recall where, but I read somewhere that people were inflating their tires in this range.
I had these tires for over a year and roughly 2500 km (1553 miles) and didn't have any known issues. A friend was the one to suggest it was time to get new tires after looking at the sidewalls and noting some striation. Could over inflating shorten the life of these tires? My new tires have Japanese writing on the sidewall (very helpful) and "300kPa (30kgf/cm2). Google calculated for me that 300 kPa is 43.5113213 pounds per square inch, so this is roughly what I inflated the new tires to. So, I'm wondering * could over inflating shorten the life of these tires? * why the two different pressures for the same tires? * what do other Panaracer Col de Vie users inflate their tires to? Finally, when I bought the first pair, I bought a spare because I was led to believe it would be so difficult to get 650B tires. It has been hanging in a dark closet. What is the life of a tire kept like this? The next time I get new tires, should I use this spare and hang a new spare? Thanks -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
