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minus-squareVictoria@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up22arrow-down1·5 days agonarrow tires need more pressure to maintain the same outward force, because the area is smaller.
minus-squaretakeda@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·5 days agoOk so that’s what the backup tire says 60psi. When I first saw it, I thought that it has to be wrong and I’m looking at the wrong number.
minus-squareDesolateMood@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up4·4 days agoWhen I saw it the first time, before I understood how it worked, I thought “surely this is just for long-term storage purposes and I would need to bleed some pressure if I wanted to drive on it”
narrow tires need more pressure to maintain the same outward force, because the area is smaller.
Ok so that’s what the backup tire says 60psi.
When I first saw it, I thought that it has to be wrong and I’m looking at the wrong number.
When I saw it the first time, before I understood how it worked, I thought “surely this is just for long-term storage purposes and I would need to bleed some pressure if I wanted to drive on it”