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Originally Posted by g6snl
Just a thought, would it be fair to say that a great percentage of riding at altitude is done on less than perfect roads. If so would one not have lowered pressure anyway?
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Ideally, yes. But plenty of room for variation depending on BIKE weight, luggage weight, pace ... and of course the road itself. How bad is bad? Off road I really prefer to run lower pressures ... but if you go to fast and hit something ... bad news. My last Baja Trip ... riding at night on a remote off road track I hit something ...  No flat, not problem, never even knew it happened until next day.

This pic from earlier trip on same road. At night it was a bit crazy but not all that bad. My problem was I was going too fast.

So running low pressures can come with risks in terms of keeping your wheels safe. Go too low ... you risk bungered up wheels .. or worse, broken wheel.
Go too high and you get a horrible, harsh ride and poor traction and even worse control. I go with LOW pressures and just try to be careful.
 
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