Road Bike Psi By Weight

For someone who weighs 70 kgs the bike tire pressure should be 48 psi on the front and 50 psi on the back for an inner tube tire.

Road bike psi by weight. Your weight the bikes weight tire size weight distribution and rider preferences. Just look at the above chart for confirmation of that. Thus a 1 inch wide tire inflated to 100 psi will have a contact patch of about 1 inch. F r weight distribution 40 60 45 55 front tire width 20 23 25 28 32 37 mm inflate front to psi rear tire width 20 23 25 28 32 37 mm inflate rear to psi.

Road tri bike tire pressure calculator. The best tire pressure to use is a subject of much debate. If the bicycle and rider weigh 200 pounds each tire supports 100 pounds of weight. What about for a mountain bike.

So there is not a single simple number formula or other type of one size fits all answer. What s the correct road bike tyre pressure. If you re underweight tires won t need too much air pressure and as the weight gets higher the pressure also gets higher. Submit a weight in this.

The factors that influence the ideal tire pressure are. To find your ideal pressure start in the middle of your range and factor in your body weight 2 never go above or below the manufacturer s recommendations. Entries per page shop for entries at our sponsor. It should be 36 psi on the front and 38 psi on the back for the tubeless tire.

Fusion 3 road tubeless. Clincher tubeless averaged 305 313 hutchinson. If you re riding a mountain bike instead of a road bike the tire pressure is not going to be the same. Rider bike lb.

For example if a 165 pound rider uses 100 psi on his road bike a 200 pound rider should run closer to 120 psi and a 130 pound rider could get away with 80 psi. Tire pressure needs will always increase with your weight. Road tires generally require 80 psi to 130 psi mountain tires 30 psi to 50 psi and hybrid tires 50 psi to 70 psi. There are many factors that dictate the ideal tyre pressure for you.

Mm inflate to psi weight of fully dressed rider bike rider bike lb. Weight weather and tyre width we explain how to find the right psi matt lamy. The psi of the tire must equal the weight placed against the tire so the size of the contact patch will be the weight load divided by the air pressure approximately. Wire wider than claimed may rub.

For every 5 kgs extra over 70 kgs weight 1 psi needs to be added.