Tyre pressures.

[FROSTY:Me]

No can do -Haven't seen my racebike in a bloody long time

[dipshit]

How do you check the pressure?

i just use the pumps at the station but they are useless.

Get yourselves a half decent and easy to read tyre pressure gauge and a foot pump. It doesn't have to be a flash foot pump. You can get them quite cheaply. Better to spend more of the money on a better quality pressure gauge.

Now you can check and adjust your tyres at home before you go on a ride when they are cold.

[dipshit]

Just a lil reminder
Our modern good quality tyres are fantastic at keeping the bike right side up.
But as they get stickier they also leak more air.
Checking tyre pressures regularly is essential to keeping the shiney side up

Indeed! I had a good lesson about this just the other day.

A couple of days ago on a ride - somehow the bike just didn't feel right. Couldn't get into my usual rhythm and flow like I usually do on a familiar bit of road. Just put it down to being "one of those days" at the time.

However the next day I happened to check my tyre pressures and both ends were down 4 psi...! (32 psi instead of 36) Readjusted and went for another ride and everything felt good again.!

That will teach me for not checking for a few weeks.

[Sharry]

Indeed! I had a good lesson about this just the other day.

A couple of days ago on a ride - somehow the bike just didn't feel right. Couldn't get into my usual rhythm and flow like I usually do on a familiar bit of road. Just put it down to being "one of those days" at the time.

However the next day I happened to check my tyre pressures and both ends were down 4 psi...! (32 psi instead of 36) Readjusted and went for another ride and everything felt good again.!

That will teach me for not checking for a few weeks.

I checked my tyres, for the first time since I bought Jade on the 31 Jan, on the AWNR last week. They were down more than I thought they would be (both under 30) and pumped them up to what I was recommended (40 in the rear and 35 in the front).
I was surprised to find the difference it made. There had been a couple of times that I thought the whole frame was wobbly and didn't know what to blame this on, this has not happened since I put the right pressure in.
I will therefore check it weekly as recomended to me.

[moT]

Its a waste of time running low pressures on the road especialy with soft tyres you just wear out the middle of the tyre anyway so when rideing on the road i go for longevity i run the tyres at almost maximum psi like 38psi each and use nytrogen gas makes the tyres run cooler and increases tread life. (if any of you guys out there have good tyres only worn in the middle please give them too me) but on the other hand at the race track i run much lower and i change the pressures to the situations eg: cold day i run 26-28 at taupo and on a hot day 30-32 (these are just estimates i normaly check tyre pressures after each session make sure the hot pressure is 2psi above cold pressure so cold pressures can vary)