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@sasmon
Have done a search but couldn't find anything, so hope this has not been covered too much before!
Being new to road bikes (charge plug) I just wanted to know if it is ok to bunny hop (onto kerbs, over potholes etc.) without killing the tyres/wheels
I ask because I did it yesterday without thinking over one of those annoying car counter rubber things in the road next to some road works and had a puncture within about 3 minutes, I guess it may not have been related, but it seemed like a coincidence.
My tyres are 700X28 not not that thin or fragile looking, and they were around 75-80psi (is this correct? they say max 85 on them, but I gather that the max ratings are just for legal arse covering reasons)? Might be worth mentioning that I am not lightweight either at circa 15 stone.
What say you all?
Simon