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by Scoundreller 1099 days ago
TIL my bicycle tires are at 4 atm, and higher-end ones 8, and racing ones will do 11.
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>and racing ones will do 11.

No, they don't, not any more. That was decades ago.

High-end and racing road bike tires now are in the 40-75 psi range, and they're much wider than they used to be. They finally figured out that skinny, high-pressure tires are not only very uncomfortable, they're slower too.