preferred-google-button
log in
register

how often do you pump yours tires?

  • This topic has 18 replies, 18 voices, and was last updated 14 years ago by PJ McNally.
  • Creator
    Topic
  • May 26, 2012 at 5:58 pm #15920
    dave95

    how often do you pump yours tires?

    I seem to have lost 12 psi out of 100 in two weeks.. so 12%

    This is after about 10 rides

    I don’t think theres anything wrong with the tubes, unless the valve screw cap (presta) isn’t sealing well enough

  • Creator
    Topic
Viewing 15 replies - 1 through 15 (of 18 total)
1 2
  • Author
    Replies
  • May 29, 2012 at 8:30 am #682159
    0
    PJ McNally

    yep, should be at least once
    yep, should be at least once a week for my road bike. My town bike’s lucky if it gets pumped up once a month or less!

    May 29, 2012 at 8:19 am #682157
    0
    zzgavin

    A track pump by the front
    A track pump by the front door helps, I found. Easier to remember and running the right pressure makes for a better ride. Agreed with the various points on low volume high pressure means more pumping. I keep my GP 4000s at 110 ish and they’ll drop maybe 10 a week or so. My brompton with marathon plus seems to hold the pressure better, so 90 for a week or more, mountain bikes fortnightly.

    May 28, 2012 at 9:06 pm #682155
    0
    russyparkin

    every ride for me,
    every ride for me,

    May 28, 2012 at 6:21 pm #682153
    0
    Stumps

    As with Gkam i pump mine up
    As with Gkam i pump mine up every ride and deflate after each ride as i store my bike off the ground – not that that makes any difference – i just dont like the tubes being constantly at a high pressure

    May 28, 2012 at 4:17 pm #682151
    0
    cborrman

    before every ride – if your
    before every ride – if your tubes hold air too well, you are not going fast enough (they are too heavy) and if you do not play with your pressure you will never go fast enough…

    May 27, 2012 at 1:16 pm #682149
    0
    Gkam84

    Not any other reason than i
    Not any other reason than i store mine in my travel case, Saves having a bike just lying around my room, So deflate and pack away. Bit of a pain, but it keeps the place looking tidy 😀

    May 27, 2012 at 11:26 am #682147
    0
    Raleigh

    I pump up my tyres every time
    I pump up my tyres every time I clean the bike.

    So after rain basically.

    👿

    May 27, 2012 at 7:44 am #682145
    0
    joemmo

    I suspect gkam also stores
    I suspect gkam also stores his tongue in his cheek.

    May 27, 2012 at 5:52 am #682143
    0
    londonplayer

    gkam,
    is that an anti-theft
    gkam,

    is that an anti-theft measure or for other reasons?

    May 27, 2012 at 1:23 am #682141
    0
    Gkam84

    I do mine every ride, then
    I do mine every ride, then deflate when i come home and store the bike in my bedroom

    May 26, 2012 at 11:19 pm #682139
    0
    Tour Le Tour

    I will add my experience of
    I will add my experience of at least once a week for my road bikes, and every couple of weeks for my MTB

    May 26, 2012 at 10:27 pm #682137
    0
    Dave42W

    Life without performance
    Life without performance bikes is a lot easier 🙂

    I ride a bike everyday and most weeks do not pump up any tyres.

    For example yesterday I pumped up the back tyre of my Bullitt Cargobike for the first time since I fitted a new tyre on 18th March. The tyre is a Schwalbe Marathon Plus Tour 26″x2″

    On my road bike I run Schwalbe Marathon Classics 700cx28mm and again I would be surprised if I pump them up more than once a month.

    On my Peason fixie I run 700cx25mm, again I pump them up less than once a month.

    All these bikes get used multiple times a week and due to the road quality here I don’t let them get soft cause otherwise I always get pinch flats.

    I run cheapish inner tubes (Continental Quality Road Pack of 5 Inner Tubes Cross 28’s from Wiggle).

    So my guess is that small diameter tyres have 2 disadvantages a) higher pressure so more likely to loose air b) smaller air cushion so need to keep pressure higher and more consistent to avoid pinch flats.

    I’m happy to stick to bigger volume tyres 🙂

    May 26, 2012 at 8:55 pm #682135
    0
    Super Domestique

    notfastenough wrote:I ride

    notfastenough wrote:
    I ride two or three times a week and pump them up before every ride.

    For me, this ^

    May 26, 2012 at 8:09 pm #682133
    0
    notfastenough

    I ride two or three times a
    I ride two or three times a week and pump them up before every ride.

    May 26, 2012 at 7:39 pm #682131
    0
    giff77

    Probably a couple of times a
    Probably a couple of times a week. Your tubes will loose pressure regardless. More so when they are latex. And as simon says the presta’s seal from the pressure of the tube. If they were losing pressure every couple of days then you may have picked up a slow puncture.

  • Author
    Replies
Viewing 15 replies - 1 through 15 (of 18 total)
1 2
  • You must be logged in to reply to this topic.