Anyone heard of this before ??

iwilldoit

After finishing a rather hot and sweaty ride on Sunday I was talking to a fella loading his bike into his van, and he started to let his tyres down a bit I asked what was he doing, he said he was letting pressure out because of the heat and especially in the van the tubes could pop, I asked what pressure he was running and he said 27psi, is this right or could happen ??

cooldad

Not at that pressure. Unless it's like 300 degrees. Tyres are fine up to 60 odd psi easily, and probably a lot more.

I have had very old perished road tubes explode in the sun, but they were at 120psi.

cooldad

So I guess it's plausible.

The Rookie

Spot on, it's a bit like worrying about the 6 psi increase in tyre pressure when flying, it's a total non issue....

iwilldoit

Thought so, just makes you wonder when you see these things, mind I suppose we all have our odd ideas on things

.blitz

iwilldoit wrote:

because of the heat and especially in the van the tubes could pop

they could

The Rookie

Only if pumped within an inch of their life when put in.........