Hi dj,
Thanks for your thoughts, all good points.
You're right in that the tyre showed no outward signs of overheating and it was well within it's max load (290kg at 45psi).
It's funny how soon as the GF gets on the back I pay more attention to this sort of thing..!
Speaking of load ratings, although the tyre was within it's limit, the bike itself was well over. Max load is a mere 180kg's. Now neither of us is particularly large, but with my gear on, I'm over 100kg's so two up we're already fully loaded-with no luggage..! Not much I can do about that, but it's never seemed to mind much, just shakes it's head if you take your hands off the bars....so I don't..!
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