Narrow (car) tyres = higher pressures, to support a given weight.NewcastleFalcon wrote:They must have liked to pump their tyres up hard in those days...
Do I vaguely remember my pushbike tyres being 90psi? Was a long time ago. Jim'll know.
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Narrow (car) tyres = higher pressures, to support a given weight.NewcastleFalcon wrote:They must have liked to pump their tyres up hard in those days...
You'd be surprised at what turns up Neil...NewcastleFalcon wrote:Now I wonder how many "Tyre alarm booklets" remain to definitively answer your question Jim?![]()
Sounds about right on a road bike. Those on super skinnys may even go above 110psi.white exec wrote: Do I vaguely remember my pushbike tyres being 90psi? Was a long time ago. Jim'll know.
It is about rightelma wrote:Sounds about right on a road bike. Those on super skinnys may even go above 110psi.white exec wrote: Do I vaguely remember my pushbike tyres being 90psi? Was a long time ago. Jim'll know.
me as well......................da da boom !CitroJim wrote:It is about rightelma wrote:Sounds about right on a road bike. Those on super skinnys may even go above 110psi.white exec wrote: Do I vaguely remember my pushbike tyres being 90psi? Was a long time ago. Jim'll know.My TCR tyres run at 110psi and my Defy runs at 80 psi in the interests of comfort...
Got a magical track pump called 'Joe Blow' to inflate them... Five or six strokes and it's done
NewcastleFalcon wrote:Thanks Jim you've brought up the century of replies up for those of us who enjoy numbers!