| Bike tires, unlike car tires, lose their
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| | you'll have a safe ride. Indeed, in spite
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| pressure on a daily basis, so its
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| | of my carelessness with my car tires, I
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| necessary to check their pressure daily
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| | always had and always will check my
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| and reinflate when necessary.
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| | bicycle tire pressure before setting off
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| A few days ago, I was driving happily
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| | on a ride. The more so because I have
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| along the highway, heading home from a
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| | had a couple of flat tires with that bike
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| run to a bookstore. A passing motorist
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| | over the five years that I've owned it.
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| honked at me and then pointed toward my
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| | Tire pressure is important for cars,
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| car as if there were something wrong with
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| | because if a tire blows while the car is
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| it. I nodded and waved and slowed down,
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| | traveling at high speed that's a heavy
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| and they passed me. However, my car was
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| | piece of machinery that will go out of
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| behaving as it always had... there was no
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| | control. But it's just as important for
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| "pull" or rough riding to indicate that I
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| | bicyclists, because since you have to use
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| had a flat tire. So, since I was only ten
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| | your own power to muscle along the bike,
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| minutes from home I just kept on driving
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| | flat tires will effect your ride from the
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| - albeit more slowly.
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| | very beginning. And if you're far away
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| My mind being what it is, as soon as I
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| | from home when the tire gives up the
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| pulled into the driveway I forgot all
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| | ghost, you could find yourself with a
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| about the reason why I had been driving
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| | long walk home.
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| slowly for the last ten minutes, and just
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| | There's no difficulty in knowing how many
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| walked into the house.
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| | pounds of pressure need to be put into
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| The next day, I got into the car and had
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| | your bike tires - the manufacturer puts
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| driven out of my apartment parking lot
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| | those specifications on the side of each
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| toward the access road for the main drag,
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| | tire. Get yourself a tire gauge and
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| before remembering that there was
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| | always use it when you inflate your
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| supposedly something wrong with one of
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| | tires. However, although you won't want
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| the tires. So I returned to the parking
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| | to exceed the pounds per square inch that
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| lot, got out, and looked at my tires. The
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| | they recommend, there are reasons why
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| rear left was as flat as a pancake.
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| | you'd sometimes want to use less.
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| I couldn't have driven home with it like
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| | With a tire inflated to the correct
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| that - it surely would have effected the
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| | pressure, your ride will be as smooth as
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| handling of the car. So yesterday the
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| | the quality of your frame will allow it.
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| tire must simply have been low, and
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| | If your tires aren't inflated enough it
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| continued going flat over night.
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| | increases the chance of getting a flat
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| My dad, who had witnessed my return,
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| | tire, but more importantly makes it
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| asked me if I didn't check the tires
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| | harder to pedal. Too high of pressure
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| before I got behind the wheel every
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| | will strain the tire itself, not to
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| single time, and I confessed that I
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| | mention making the ride too bumpy to be
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| didn't. I've been driving for years and
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| | comfortable.
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| years and never had a flat tire before,
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| | Bike tires lose their pressure on a
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| so why bother?
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| | regular basis, so before starting out on
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| But I learned my lesson from that little
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| | your ride, always squeeze both front and
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| incident, and now I take a few seconds
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| | back tires to ensure that they are hard.
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| and check the tires before leaving.
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| | Mountain bikers do like their tires
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| And that little story brings me to the
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| | "mushier" than other bikers, and if that
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| point of this essay, which is that before
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| | applies to you just become familiar with
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| you get on your bike - there are various
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| | what the appropriate tire pressure for
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| things you should check to make sure
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| | you looks and feels like.
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