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Message: [QUOTE="rmc_olderthandirt, post: 1300675, member: 68872"] That maximum pressure was probably the maximum pressure that is safe to set the bead of the tire on the rim. Everyone I know runs much less pressure than that. I will run 15 PSI if I am riding the desert and bouncing off a lot of sharp rocks. The extra pressure keeps the tube from getting pinched and leaving me flat miles away from camp. When I am at the track or otherise rock free terrain I will drop the pressure to 12 PSI for better traction. One time I had just repaired both front and rear flats then took off for a lengthy ride. The bike was handling like crap and it took two falls where the bike just slid out from under me before I realized that I had left the tire pressure at 30 PSI after seating the beads. Rod [/QUOTE]