Took the bike to a local shop here for my first set of tires. I had thought they would let me take the wheels off myself, and they could just mount/balance the tire; I'd replace them on the bike. But - they couldn't offer any space in the shop or any shade to do it, and it's already ungodly hot in Albuquerque, so I let them do everything. They wouldn't even let me watch! They did ask for the torque values for everything important, and the tires appear to be mounted just fine back on the bike. Will be interested to see how far these PR4's will go, and whether it will make sense to replace them next Thursday, 4 days into the rally.
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