Check your tyres

[rsvmilly]

I haven't used the bike much since I came back from France in June and haven't checked the tyres for ages. I rode it a couple of weeks back and it felt terrible, which I put down to a worn front/new rear mismatch.

I checked the tyres this morning and the rear was 7psi

Pumped them up and it handles beautifully again!

So don't forget to check those tyres, kids.

(And thank feck I took the bike this morning as the traffic was a joke)

[julianb]

rsvmilly said:

I haven't used the bike much since I came back from France in June and haven't checked the tyres for ages. I rode it a couple of weeks back and it felt terrible, which I put down to a worn front/new rear mismatch.

I checked the tyres this morning and the rear was 7psi

Pumped them up and it handles beautifully again!

So don't forget to check those tyres, kids.

(And thank feck I took the bike this morning as the traffic was a joke)

Yep, got caught like that myself last week. A slow puncture. Left the house with a correctly inflated tyre, at 8.00am. By 3.00pm it was down to 19psi. I thought the bike had been in the pub all afternoon, judging by the way it handled on the ride home!!!

Edited by julianb on Friday 8th September 12:23

[BliarsGoing]

Last time I got the bike out after it had been standing my first port of call was the garage. 12 PSI, no wonder she felt vague