How To Pump Up A Bike Tyre

How to pump up a road bike tyre.
How to pump up a bike tyre. We show you how to be a better cyclist with our bike maintenance videos tips for improving your cycling cycling top tens and not forgetting the weekly gcn show. It should list the pounds per square inch psi range that your tire can safely handle. This is a little trick that i have been using over the years to help tubeless tyres inflate that are often too loose on the rim. The pressure range for a tyre is printed on its sidewall and is usually listed in psi pounds per square inch or bars.
Track pumps are quite large and generally kept in the garage or wherever you keep your bike in the house to pump up tyres before you ride. Typically a road tire can go between 80 and 130 psi. This method negates the need to increase rim tape which reduces the. As a general rule for a road bike it will be 80 130psi mountain bike tyres will be 30 50psi and hybrid tyres 50 70psi.
The pump i am using is a blackburn airtower 2. How to pump a road bike tire adam magaña. How to pump up a bike tyre bikeexchange workshop series duration. Next unscrew the rubber cap from the valve connect a bicycle pump to the valve and inflate the tire to your recommended psi range.
Pump up your bicycle tyres. You can now pump your tyres to the desired volume. Before you pump check the sidewall of your tire. After that remove the pump and screw the cap back on the valve.
How to pump up a bike tyre presta type valve oli woodman immediate media if your bicycle has a presta type valve such as this one then you will first have to remove the plastic valve cap if.