Experience? Empirical evidence? Advice from others? Online tools? :smiley: White paper? Astrology?? Give me advice, forum. What’s your preferred way to select tire pressure. No method will be criticized (except my own…that’s ok). Just curious to know what everybody is doing. I used the Sil…

Narrow it down a bit … for Road, MTB, CX ? All quite different. Or you mean regardless of discipline? Personally for me - trial and error and chatting to friends (especially for CX where tyre pressures are a never-ending talking point).

[image] wysbf2: arrow it down a bit … for Road, MTB, CX ? All quite different. IDC. You pick. If the model for Road/MTB/CX is different for you I find that to be very intriguing. Had not considered that might be the case.

Road. Put pressure in. Go for a ride. Think, that felt a bit rough. Next time, put a bit less in. Go ride. Think, uh, that feels a bit sluggish and wobbly. Put more in. Find your happy medium. At the moment, I’m at about 65psi on tubeless 25s. Cross. Put about 25psi in. Ride round. Let some air out…

This is a decent starting point. [image] Silca Professional Tire Pressure Calculator (Tyre) Equipment Hey gang, Josh Poertner at SILCA just sent out a notification of their new Pro Pressure Calculator, which takes your weight, tire size, and surface type to spit out an op…

Usually give the tyres a quick squeeze before a ride. If they feel OK, I’ll head out. If they feel a bit soft I’ll pump them up a bit🤪

I usually ride my 26mm turbo cottons at 7bar, turns out i should be running ~5.5bar according to the silca calculator :rofl:

For me it’s just been a combination of (initially) what other riders told me, and since then has been tweaked by experience and preference plus anything I hear on the podcast or read online. Road - 26mm Turbo Cottons - Currently run them around 95-100psi but as I lose weight i’m continually trying …

Silca calc says I should run 85F 87R, currently running 90F 95R and Conti recommends 95 min for the 5000 clinchers. Maybe I’ll lower it a bit and see how that goes.

[image] Keep pumping until I hear Scotty…

It should say: “Ah dinnae ken if it ahll tak onay moar, Captain” #getScotsright

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mcneese.chad July 11, 2020, 4:14pm 5

This is a decent starting point.

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