Road Bike Tires Pressure

Tyre pressures aren t as simple as they may seem.

Road bike tires pressure. According to enduro mountainbike magazine the psi varies if you have tubed or tubeless mountain bike tires. What pressures are appropriate for 28mm road bike tires. We take a closer look at what you should be doing to ride faster as well as staying comfortable and upright. The amount of weight that will be exerted on the tires does play a crucial role in how much pressure you will put on a tire.

For example on my touring bike when not loaded and just my body weight and bike weigh calculated using 32 wide tires i use 45 psi front and 70 rear but if i add 55 pounds of gear for touring i now have to raise that psi to 60 f and 90 r. A lot of riders are taking advantage ofthe increased comfort of wider tires. There doesn t seem to be any performance loss and on rough roads speed is often faster because the wider tires absorb the bumps and roll over them with little loss of forward speed while in contrast narrow tires with high pressures bounce and retard speed. There was a time when most riders would opt for 23c tyres on the road pump the tyre pressure up to around 110psi for every ride letting out just a little air to provide extra grip in poor weather.

Road tires typically require 80 to 130 psi pounds.