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Tire Pressure Poll
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It is poorly worded. I run 95 psi. There is no adequate answer since it's not 100 and also no less than 90...
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Re: Tire Pressure Poll [Trirunner] [ In reply to ]
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even better, I run 110 front and 90 back due to different wheel types(old school and fat arse)
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Re: Tire Pressure Poll [Trirunner] [ In reply to ]
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Clinchers
140 lbs
95 front
100 rear
Subtract 10 from each if it's wet
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Re: Tire Pressure Poll [Trirunner] [ In reply to ]
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Isn’t the bigger unaccounted-for variable the rim width for the PSI you are running???
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130lb
Tubular
120psi front and back.

My bike mechanic put that much, it feels fast so I keep it that way.
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Re: Tire Pressure Poll [Trirunner] [ In reply to ]
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Trirunner wrote:
It is poorly worded. I run 95 psi. There is no adequate answer since it's not 100 and also no less than 90...

I ran 110 psi last weekend and will run 80 psi this coming weekend using the same tires. Very different road surfaces.
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Re: Tire Pressure Poll [s13tx] [ In reply to ]
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Josh's biggest point in regards to getting people to change their mindset in regards to pressure though is that people interpret road vibrations as fast. They're not. Smooth is fast. We have this idea of what fast should feel like but frankly its 100% wrong. I'm not sure exactly about the effect running tubular have but I promise you that pressure is not fast unless you only ride on a velodrome.

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Re: Tire Pressure Poll [Trirunner] [ In reply to ]
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Agreed. I have different wheel sets with different internal widths and difference size tires. I run any thing from 85 to 125. And 5psi less if I'm near race weight.
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Re: Tire Pressure Poll [jeffp] [ In reply to ]
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Hed jet9 black clinchers + latex tubes
85-90 PSI
I'm (158lbs-72kg)
Last edited by: Ksavostin: Aug 27, 19 20:40
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Re: Tire Pressure Poll [DFW_Tri] [ In reply to ]
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Yes, that too. As well as tube or tubeless...
Last edited by: Trirunner: Aug 27, 19 20:45
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Re: Tire Pressure Poll [s13tx] [ In reply to ]
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s13tx wrote:
130lb
Tubular
120psi front and back.

My bike mechanic put that much, it feels fast so I keep it that way.

Whoo! I hope you're runnin 20s!

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Re: Tire Pressure Poll [Trirunner] [ In reply to ]
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80/85 tubeless
95/105 clincher
195 lbs
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Re: Tire Pressure Poll [FatandSlow] [ In reply to ]
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FatandSlow wrote:
Agreed. I have different wheel sets with different internal widths and difference size tires. I run any thing from 85 to 125. And 5psi less if I'm near race weight.

^^^^^^This

Too many unaccounted for variables.

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Re: Tire Pressure Poll [realbdeal] [ In reply to ]
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realbdeal wrote:
Josh's biggest point in regards to getting people to change their mindset in regards to pressure though is that people interpret road vibrations as fast. They're not. Smooth is fast.
Reminded of when in the early 90s a friend and I started riding fire roads on our road bikes (like gravel riding today!!). The first day we went down this super hectic descent - it seemed we were slamming it fast, bouncing all over the place.

12mph.


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Re: Tire Pressure Poll [jt10000] [ In reply to ]
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Road Bike Tubeless 28c - 80R 75F

Race bike Tube (not latex :D ) 25c 100R - 95F

TT Bike Tube (100% not latex) 23c 120R - 115F

Winter Bike Tube 32c 70R - 70F

Track Bike Tube 23c 140R- 140F

Fat Bike 3.8" Tubeless 8R - 7F

Turbo Bike N/A
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Re: Tire Pressure Poll [FatandSlow] [ In reply to ]
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FatandSlow wrote:
Agreed. I have different wheel sets with different internal widths and difference size tires. I run any thing from 85 to 125. And 5psi less if I'm near race weight.

Aren't those different sets for different purposes though? I also have a bunch of different wheels of different widths with different tires and different pressures. My winter training wheels are running 28s at ~75psi. But the poll question was specific to tri/TT racing, which 95% of the time for me means 23s at ~100psi.
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Re: Tire Pressure Poll [Trirunner] [ In reply to ]
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80F/85R. 23c Vittoria Corsa Speed on Hed Jet + Black. Tubeless. 165 lbs
Last edited by: tonyg420: Aug 28, 19 7:01
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Re: Tire Pressure Poll [Mario S] [ In reply to ]
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Mario S wrote:
TT Bike Tube (100% not latex) 23c 120R - 115F
Yikes. Latex vs butyl discussion aside, do you realize how much speed you're losing here? You could easily be running probably ~90 depending on your weight and have a more comfortable ride, and way less rolling resistance.

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Re: Tire Pressure Poll [rruff] [ In reply to ]
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The roads aren’t THAT different
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Re: Tire Pressure Poll [Trirunner] [ In reply to ]
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Trirunner wrote:
It is poorly worded. I run 95 psi. There is no adequate answer since it's not 100 and also no less than 90...

the poll is an exact repeat if a poll we ran here in january of 2017. had i gotten any feedback then i'd have changed the text. but if i want to show a comparative study i have to keep the text the same.

here's a preview, which i don't think will surprise you: 32 months ago 19 percent of you said you were running pressures of 120psi and higher. now it's 9 percent of you (as of this post). today, 37 percent of you say you're running pressures of 90psi or lower. back then it was 18 percent.

i think josh and tom a. and some of the other guys posting here have made an impact on you all.

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Re: Tire Pressure Poll [realbdeal] [ In reply to ]
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realbdeal wrote:
Mario S wrote:
TT Bike Tube (100% not latex) 23c 120R - 115F

Yikes. Latex vs butyl discussion aside, do you realize how much speed you're losing here? You could easily be running probably ~90 depending on your weight and have a more comfortable ride, and way less rolling resistance.

If I wanted comfort I wouldn't ride a TT bike.

Thanks, but ill stick to my current pressures knowing that I am not losing any speed.
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Mario S wrote:
realbdeal wrote:
Mario S wrote:
TT Bike Tube (100% not latex) 23c 120R - 115F

Yikes. Latex vs butyl discussion aside, do you realize how much speed you're losing here? You could easily be running probably ~90 depending on your weight and have a more comfortable ride, and way less rolling resistance.

If I wanted comfort I wouldn't ride a TT bike.

Thanks, but ill stick to my current pressures knowing that I am not losing any speed.
Woops. Forgot who I was responding to. Tradition for the sake of tradition and scientifically ignorant. Not worth any more responses.

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Re: Tire Pressure Poll [Trirunner] [ In reply to ]
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Train on gator skins. Race on GP 4000's. 120 PSI for both regardless of road conditions.
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Re: Tire Pressure Poll [Trirunner] [ In reply to ]
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130 lbs
TT bike: 700 x 25 @ 80psi
Road bike: 700 x 28 @ 70 psi
Gravel: 700 x 32 @ 60 psi
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Re: Tire Pressure Poll [Trirunner] [ In reply to ]
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Usually around 90 psi or so for training. 90-95 F/B with 5000's & latex on HED wheels for racing.

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