Simple Guide to Cycle Tire Pressure
Tyre pressure is a highly debated topic among cyclists. So where do you begin, if you got a road, mountain, or hybrid bike? Conveniently, every bike tyre has recommended PSI stamped into the rubber on the sidewall. Tire pressure has a huge impact on safety and how a bike performs. It’s amazing how easily we miss one simple and free way to improve how our bikes ride: getting the right tire pressure. Higher PSI ( pounds per square inch ) makes the tire harder. Lower PSI makes it feel softer. You need to find the sweet spot for a tire and figure out where the high pressure doesn’t have any risk of blowing off the rim and the low pressure won’t rip off the rim. Tyre pressure dictates 2 aspects of your ride, Grip & Rolling Resistance. Grip: The more a tyre can conform with the surface that it is rolling over, the greater the grip level that it achieves, which means that an over-inflated tyre that bounces over a surface and rolls only on the central strip will not have optimum