Best Tire PSI
i heard that with certain tire pressure u ca supposedly bounce higher and make your landing a bit more softer.
what PSI should i put in my tires. my tires max PSI is 65. i have mine at like 55 front and back should i change it? if it helps i mainly just jump steps.. |
I have kenda koverts which take up to 120 psi I only run 85 psi front and rear. What is the recommended pressure for your tires?
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something like 40-65 PSI
i definitely know its 65 PSI but i'm not sure about the minimum |
id say 40-60 on the front, and 60-80 on the back. Remember weight distribution goes to the rear.
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would this soften landing at all?
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will it?
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yeah it probably will. just get used to the landings.
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If it's higher, it'll most likely make your landing ROUGHER. You'll feel the shock more. Tires that are soft act as shock absorbers.
I mountain bike and just recently I went up to about 40 psi. (I ride hardtail). I could feel every single bump there was and before at about 30 psi, my tires smoothed it all out. Higher psi=more impact. However, the tires are more rigid and also offer less rolling resistance. So in turn, you get to go faster with less effort. Just like riding with a flat tire and a pumped tire. The pumped is easier to pedal with less traction. By the way, the bmx forum's grammer and capitalization is nothing compared to the mountain biking forum. Heh! |
But the mountain biking forum is full of um... actually I've never been there.
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actually the only reason i like to overinflate em, is because i dont have to go back and fill em again, at least for a while
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Originally Posted by hooligan
By the way, the bmx forum's grammer and capitalization is nothing compared to the mountain biking forum. Heh!
As for how high to pump your tires: As high as they can go. |
If you are coming in for harsh landings - about 60PSI is about as low as you want to run your tubes. If you get much lower, then the odds of you getting pinch flats go way up. If you are in skateparks, you generally want to be closer to 80-85PSI so you can maintain speed and becoming smoother.
Flatland: Above 90PSI |
make em as hard as hell!! HARDER!! HARDER!! HARDER!!! MAKE IT F555ING HARDER ALREADY!! F555ING HARDER!!!
just make em hard. |
hard as a rock, hard as multivariable calculus
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Hard Dammit!!
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Originally Posted by bxbmx
multivariable calculus
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i ride at 110-120psi in the back and about 100-110psi in the front. i totally agree with JMC
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What PSI you have depends on what the tire says to use. I usually will pump my tire like 5 or 10 psi below max. If its 90-110, I'll do 100. If its like 45-65, I'll do 60.
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Originally Posted by hooligan
If it's higher, it'll most likely make your landing ROUGHER. You'll feel the shock more. Tires that are soft act as shock absorbers.
I mountain bike... Higher psi=more impact... |
Originally Posted by BMXTRIX
If you get much lower, then the odds of you getting pinch flats go way up.
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if u have girly wrists, dont pump it so hard
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when i do dirt jumps, i let some air out of my tires so i don't bounce on any of the rocks. we can never make a good ramp in forest park, because every time i do, the parks department tears them down
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