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Thanks for your input.

My concern is i may have damaged the tubes which might not be apparent. The tires look good. So heres my plan until i change the tires... (i am keeping tires as they are less than 5 years old with less than 6000). If i go more than 50 miles from home, i plan on packing a front and rear tube in my way from home kit.

Ridercam wrote:Thanks for your input.

My concern is i may have damaged the tubes which might not be apparent. The tires look good. So heres my plan until i change the tires... (i am keeping tires as they are less than 5 years old with less than 6000). If i go more than 50 miles from home, i plan on packing a front and rear tube in my way from home kit.

Well, that certainly can't hurt anything.

Problem with real soft tires is that they might have spun on the rim, which might tend to take the tube with it, and potentially damage the tube at the valve/ tube junction.

The sidewall may have been damaged too.

If you survive a valve pull out at speed, with the sudden deflation that goes with it, you will never want to experience it again.

The tires and tubes have done 6000 miles they so the dont owe you much - junk them and get some decent new rubber, IMHO it isnt worth risking your life to save the $30- new tubes would cost.

6000 miles on a tire? I don't see that in kilometers.

She'llbe wrote:6000 miles on a tire? I don't see that in kilometers.

What kind of tires are you running?

Duane Ausherman wrote:With experience we learned to make a very good guess of tire pressure with just our thumb pressure. With our fingernail we could accurately judge tire hardness

I got one of those thumbs off eBay and use it all the time, it's an excellent indicator.
The thumb nail has a digital read out on it!
But it's in bar. I don't understand that shite.

ME 109 wrote:

Duane Ausherman wrote:With experience we learned to make a very good guess of tire pressure with just our thumb pressure. With our fingernail we could accurately judge tire hardness

I got one of those thumbs off eBay and use it all the time, it's an excellent indicator.
The thumb nail has a digital read out on it!
But it's in bar. I don't understand that shite.

One bar is one atmosphere (~14.7 psi.) Do the math.

Native /5 wrote:

ME 109 wrote:

Duane Ausherman wrote:With experience we learned to make a very good guess of tire pressure with just our thumb pressure. With our fingernail we could accurately judge tire hardness

I got one of those thumbs off eBay and use it all the time, it's an excellent indicator.
The thumb nail has a digital read out on it!
But it's in bar. I don't understand that shite.

One bar is one atmosphere (~14.7 psi.) Do the math.

I think you may have missed the joke...

Major Softie wrote:I think you may have missed the joke...

Two thumbs up!

Tim Shepherd wrote:

She'llbe wrote:6000 miles on a tire? I don't see that in kilometers.

What kind of tires are you running?

Metzlers, 33,77.