Pumping up tires

At a bike shop on the way to Stanley Park, I pumped air into tires of my bicycle. It was for the first time in these three months. I pumped up a little bit more than usual to make them harder. After pumping up, my bicycle has totally changed in it's character; the harder the tires, the less the drag, the lighter the pedals, the faster the speed, and the more comfortable my cycling. I cycled around the everyday course in Stanley Park five minutes faster than usual. Only one problem of hard tires I recognized is that it gets slippy on rough roads. When I turned on rough roads I felt less grip and was within a inch of slipping down. Although it is a bit dangerous, I prefer hard tires.

Comments

[Ripper]

Hey...look at those sidewalls! You must have had the tires at a very low pressure before, those X marks on the sidewalls are due to the tire being under-inflated. You can really damage your tires by running with low pressure. Congratulations on filling them up to the right pressure!

[mochi]

Ripper,
Thank you for your comments. I didn't know what these X marks mean. I was lucky not to burst my tires, but I prefer low-pressured tires on rough roagds because they have good grip.

[Ripper]

I recently put tires with less tread on my mountain bike that I use for commuting and I know what you mean about less grip! When I am on pavement, or riding around Stanley Park they are great, but when I go off on any of the gravel trails they slide around like mad. You are probably okay with being a little underinflated; they haven't burst despite all the of mileage on those tires, so they must have strong sidewalls and tubes.

[mochi]

Oh, are you riding around Stanley Park? I'm usually riding in the forest and around the sea wall of Stanley Park with a silver, folding bike before sunset. If you saw me, please call me.