By: Alastair Hamilton到：阿拉斯泰尔汉密尔顿

Bike tires, unlike car tires, lose their pressure on a daily basis, so its necessary to check their pressure daily and reinflate when necessary.自行车轮胎，汽车轮胎不同，失去了压力，每天的基础上，因此它必须检查他们的压力，每天和在必要时reinflate 。

A few days ago, I was driving happily along the highway, heading home from a run to a bookstore.前几天，我愉快地驾驶公路沿线，回家从运行到书店。 A passing motorist honked at me and then pointed toward my car as if there were something wrong with it.路过的司机honked我，然后指向我的车如果有什么错误的。 I nodded and waved and slowed down, and they passed me.俺点点头，挥手致意，并放慢，他们通过了我。 However, my car was behaving as it always had… there was no “pull” or rough riding to indicate that I had a flat tire.然而，我国汽车的行为，因为它总是...没有“拉”或粗糙骑马，以表明我有一个轮胎瘪了。 So, since I was only ten minutes from home I just kept on driving - albeit more slowly.所以，因为我只有10分钟从家里我只是一直在对驾驶-尽管速度要慢得多。

My mind being what it is, as soon as I pulled into the driveway I forgot all about the reason why I had been driving slowly for the last ten minutes, and just walked into the house.我的头脑被它是什么，只要我开到车道我忘了所有的原因我已经慢慢开车过去10分钟，刚刚走进了房子。

The next day, I got into the car and had driven out of my apartment parking lot toward the access road for the main drag, before remembering that there was supposedly something wrong with one of the tires.第二天，我钻进汽车，并赶出我的公寓停车场对通往主要阻力之前，记住，有被认为是有问题的一个轮胎。 So I returned to the parking lot, got out, and looked at my tires.所以，我回到了停车场，下车，并期待在我的轮胎。 The rear left was as flat as a pancake.左后是平板作为一个煎饼。

I couldn’t have driven home with it like that - it surely would have effected the handling of the car.我不能回家驱动与它一样， -这肯定会影响赛车的操控。 So yesterday the tire must simply have been low, and continued going flat over night.因此，昨天只轮胎必须一直很低，并继续将持平过夜。

My dad, who had witnessed my return, asked me if I didn’t check the tires before I got behind the wheel every single time, and I confessed that I didn’t.我爸爸，谁目睹了我回来，问我，如果我不检查轮胎前我后面的每一个车轮的时间，我交待，我没有。 I’ve been driving for years and years and never had a flat tire before, so why bother?我已经驾驶多年，并从未有过前轮胎瘪了，为什么呢？

But I learned my lesson from that little incident, and now I take a few seconds and check the tires before leaving.但是，我接受了教训从这个小事件，我现在只需几秒钟，并检查轮胎前离开。

And that little story brings me to the point of this essay, which is that before you get on your bike - there are various things you should check to make sure you’ll have a safe ride.和小故事使我点的这篇文章，这就是你面前的自行车-有各种各样的东西您应该检查，以确保您就会拥有一个安全的旅程。 Indeed, in spite of my carelessness with my car tires, I always had and always will check my bicycle tire pressure before setting off on a ride.事实上，尽管我不小心与我的赛车轮胎，我总是总是会检查我的自行车轮胎压力面前设置了一个旅程。 The more so because I have had a couple of flat tires with that bike over the five years that I’ve owned it.更何况，因为我有一对夫妇的平板轮胎与自行车的5年内，我已经拥有它。

Tire pressure is important for cars, because if a tire blows while the car is traveling at high speed that’sa heavy piece of machinery that will go out of control.轮胎气压是非常重要的车，因为如果轮胎的打击，而旅行轿车是在高速这是一个沉重的一块机制，将失去控制。 But it’s just as important for bicyclists, because since you have to use your own power to muscle along the bike, flat tires will effect your ride from the very beginning.但它同样重要，骑自行车，因为自从你必须使用自己的权力，肌肉沿自行车，平板轮胎将影响您乘坐从一开始。 And if you’re far away from home when the tire gives up the ghost, you could find yourself with a long walk home.如果你远离家乡亲人时，轮胎放弃的幽灵，你可以发现自己与一个长期步行回家。

There’s no difficulty in knowing how many pounds of pressure need to be put into your bike tires - the manufacturer puts those specifications on the side of each tire.有没有困难知道有多少磅的压力需要投入你的自行车轮胎-制造商把这些规格的一侧每个轮胎。 Get yourself a tire gauge and always use it when you inflate your tires.获取自己的轮胎衡量，始终使用它时，您的轮胎充气。 However, although you won’t want to exceed the pounds per square inch that they recommend, there are reasons why you’d sometimes want to use less.然而，尽管你不希望超过磅每平方英寸，他们建议，有原因，你有时要使用更少。

With a tire inflated to the correct pressure, your ride will be as smooth as the quality of your frame will allow it.轮胎充气到正确的压力，您乘坐将是顺利的质量，你的框架将允许它。 If your tires aren’t inflated enough it increases the chance of getting a flat tire, but more importantly makes it harder to pedal.如果您的轮胎不充气足够它增加了机会获得轮胎瘪了，但更重要的让踏板更难。 Too high of pressure will strain the tire itself, not to mention making the ride too bumpy to be comfortable.过高的压力将应变轮胎本身，更不用提使该机过于颠簸的舒适。

Bike tires lose their pressure on a regular basis, so before starting out on your ride, always squeeze both front and back tires to ensure that they are hard.自行车轮胎失去压力，定期，所以出发前在您的游戏机，总是挤两个正面和背面的轮胎，以确保它们很难。 Mountain bikers do like their tires “mushier” than other bikers, and if that applies to you just become familiar with what the appropriate tire pressure for you looks and feels like.山地自行车喜欢他们的轮胎“ mushier ”比其他自行车，如果适用于你刚才熟悉何种适当的轮胎压力为你的外观和感觉。

–About– ，关于-

Alastair Hamilton is the consultant for汉密尔顿是阿拉斯泰尔顾问 http://www.bikecyclingreviews.com . 。 You can find more information and resources on您可以找到更多的信息和资源 mountain bike reviews山地自行车评语 at his website.在他的网站上。

Source:来源： Cool Biking Zone冷自行车区