Hey how's it going?

[Asa87]

Im new here, as you can see. I just bought my first road bike, it is a specialized Allez Elite - It was highly recommended to me, and to be honest looked like the best buy for me. I am going to be travelling with my bike to work 15 miles each morning and 15 miles home each evening. The bike cost me £799.

A few quick questions:

What do you think of my new bike and the price i bought it at?

Should bikes be stored upside down or off the ground so there is no pressure on the tires?

 

[Cycler6n]

I own a specialized tarmac, and love it. specialized is a very good company that i trust, although i've had no experiance w/ the allez. I'm not up to date on prices, so no help there sry. I store my bike inside my house in a good place where its safe (in a dry area w/ not much traffic) on its trainer, when not on its trainer, I just lean it on a wall, with some tire pressure in it so it doesn't constantly have 110 psi in it. but I wouldn't worry about there being too much pressure on the tires, just let out some air when your not riding so there isn't a ton of pressure on the tires all the time, not all the air out, but a good amount where the tires are a soft.

 

[waldowales]

I own a specialized tarmac, and love it. specialized is a very good company that i trust, although i've had no experiance w/ the allez. I'm not up to date on prices, so no help there sry. I store my bike inside my house in a good place where its safe (in a dry area w/ not much traffic) on its trainer, when not on its trainer, I just lean it on a wall, with some tire pressure in it so it doesn't constantly have 110 psi in it. but I wouldn't worry about there being too much pressure on the tires, just let out some air when your not riding so there isn't a ton of pressure on the tires all the time, not all the air out, but a good amount where the tires are a soft.

What is the theory behind reducing the tire pressure? Do you do the same with your car if you don't drive it for a while?

 

[sogood]

Tubes will naturally lose pressure (leak air), so there's no real need to bother with manually letting the air out. For 110psi, it only take a few days to drop down to 80psi or so. So why bother? If it was done on a daily basis, then the valve will likely to fail before anything adverse would happen to the tyre/tube.

So, don't bother.

Theoretically, stressed rubber will deteriorate faster. But that's a pretty long time.

 

[Cycler6n]

What is the theory behind reducing the tire pressure? Do you do the same with your car if you don't drive it for a while?

right, I'll just go ahead and leave 110 psi in my tires ALL the time so that the cords get all nice and stretched out Do you put 110 psi in you car tires?