Psi For Road Bike Tyres

Proper tire pressure lets your bike roll quickly ride smoothly and avoid flats narrow tires need more air pressure than wide ones.

Psi for road bike tyres. 29 mountain bike tyres usually 18 20 psi. It is 26 psi on the front and 28 psi on the rear for the tubeless tires. That includes fairly objective measurements with a power meter. Tire pressure of the road bikes.

The road bike tires need to run at high pressure to reduce the chances of a pinch. As an example i use gatorskins on my road bike 23c and my commuter bikes 28c. 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.

When i made that transition from running at max i noticed a lot more comfort and no loss of speed or efficiency. Hunt advises against going above 100 psi with 25 28mm tyres 70 psi for a 30mm tyre and 35 psi for over 46mm wide tyres. For 700 x 25c tyres minus 10 20 psi. For a 700 x 23c tyre on the road a 55 kg rider should start with 100 psi while a 90 kg rider should run closer to 120 psi.

As ever there are many variables that dictate the ideal pressure from rider and bike weight road surface conditions rim width and more. Remember never go above or below the manufacturer s recommended pressures.