: squish in the tire, and if you'de check out the home page i think you'de find
: most unicyclists agree that a tire that says "inflate to 40PSI max" really
: means "inflate to 90 psi max." Believe it or not you'll wear em out
: in less time at the much higher pressures.
I too ride with a tyre as hard as the pump will get it. Something to note
about pressure specs on the side of tyres (this is true in the UK, but I
don't know about elsewhere) is that all the manufacturer has to do is
inflate the tyre to twice the quoted pressure and show that it doesn't
blow off the rim. This means 1: there is no good reason for paying much
attention to the quoted value, and 2: it is relatively easy to get your
tyre into a situation it has _never_ been tested at.
I don't think the wear rate varies much, once the tyre is above
'reasonably hard', but I did have one tyre where the bead pulled away from
the main body of the tread. I noticed this and, since the tear was small,
sort of bodged a patch with some canvas. Then, cyling allong one day a
couple of weeks later (all of a sudden) the inner-tube shot out the hole
and made a vast grotesque sort of balloon outside the tyre. It was quite
remarkable.
regards, Ian Smith