I wouldn't let all the air out, just some. It's inconvenient to roll bikes around if the tires are flat. On Aug 1, 2014 12:19 PM, "Anne Paulson" <anne.paul...@gmail.com> wrote:
> No, no, no, and you don't need to deflate them when you put your bike in > an unpressurized airplane cargo hold either. > > Steve says, you don't need to do it but would it hurt? Well, yeah, it > could. Your pressurized tire nicely protects your rim. Your flat tire > doesn't. > > > On Fri, Aug 1, 2014 at 9:18 AM, Ron Mc <bulldog...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> of course Bill. >> >> >> On Friday, August 1, 2014 9:57:22 AM UTC-5, Bill Lindsay wrote: >>> >>> Ron >>> >>> You post the right chart but are interpreting it incorrectly. At sea >>> level atmospheric pressure is ~15psi, and at 7000 ft it's ~11psi. His tire >>> pressure will increase by that same 4 psi. When you measure tire pressure >>> you measure the difference between the pressure inside the tire and the >>> difference outside the tire. A 40 psi taken into the vacuum of outer space >>> would then measure 55psi. 55psi absolute pressure inside the tire. >>> >>> Your potato chips bag bulges but it's still a really low pressure. >>> Probably less than 1psi. >>> >>> On Friday, August 1, 2014 6:27:06 AM UTC-7, Ron Mc wrote: >>>> >>>> here's the chart - Kg/cm2 is close enough to atmospheres >>>> https://www.avs.org/AVS/files/c7/c7edaedb-95b2-438f- >>>> adfb-36de54f87b9e.pdf >>>> >>>> On Friday, August 1, 2014 8:19:31 AM UTC-5, Deacon Patrick wrote: >>>>> >>>>> My tires are at 40psi max anyway, so I don't worry about it going from >>>>> 8k where I live to 13k on some passes. Based on Ron's numbers, if you keep >>>>> your's at 60psi usually you'd endue at 72psi, so no big deal. If you're >>>>> concerned about it, you've naught to lose by dropping them down. >>>>> >>>>> With abandon, >>>>> Patrick >>>>> >>>> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "RBW Owners Bunch" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > > > -- > -- Anne Paulson > > It isn't a contest. Enjoy the ride. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
