According to the stuff I watched on the GCN videos the gauges on an electric pump is far mere accurate than most track pumps.
Electric pumps
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According to the stuff I watched on the GCN videos the gauges on an electric pump is far mere accurate than most track pumps.
Cheers.
I set it to 70psi and it seemed higher than compared to my (cheap) track pump which of course I have no idea how good that is. Issue is whenever I connect then release track pump it loses some air so can never get it perfectly set to a given figure. The Cyclami at least sets to 70 then shuts off at set point and stays there when removed.
Another useful feature is it'll charge off a mobile phone with a usb-c to usb-c cable so very handy.
The GCN guys are big on tyre pressure as according to research they have done if the optimum pressure for you, your wheels and your tyres is 80psi and your are riding with them at 85 psi you are wasting x amount of watts. This may be completely irrelevant to you.
They need to be for safety. However the gauge on my Turbo Morph has stayed very accurate for 15+++ years.
What have you calibrated it with to know that.?
I'd be sceptical if all were that thorough. Would be good to know how accurate gauge is though. Quite possibly I've been cycling for years on underinflated tyres due to an inaccurate track pump gauge. I'm almost certainly not only one
HLaB
Marie Attoinette Fan
And you've no teeth left. I run most of my tubeless road bike tyres around 50psi these days and they'll some times fall to 40psi before I top up. How on earth I rode 23mm tyres at 120psi when I was younger. I don't think my arms would cope these days 😂
super_davo
Veteran
Loads of replies in between but yes I have tested my gauge independently and it was bang on. But more importantly, its consistent.
Great, thanks for reply. As I say, I put 70psi in rear tyre and it seems higher than the 70 psi my old track pump registered but that's quite possibly under reading.
The pump is a bit heavier than I expected, weighs 182 grams with silicone sleeve on so whilst not heavy as such I'd think be noticable in jersey pocket. I might need to get a bigger wedge saddle bag as it won't fit in current one.
It came with a stack of accessories, all I'll really use is the Presta probably but handy to have others but I couldn't work out what this brass one is, it looks like Presta but not sure opening small enough.
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Dogtrousers
Lefty tighty. Get it righty.
Woods/Dunlop valve?
The 80 psi was just figure I used as an example. Apparently the perfect pressure would depend on the tyre, the wheel, your weight and lot of other things which are too technical for my understanding.😂😂😂
For tyre pressure I use the Silca app, seems very good and recommended by likes of GCN.
https://silca.cc/en-gb/pages/pro-ti...jGT1q-HrZ11Gt_XX3eeuaDu0CABIbY5Nuu4lrfJibOVcF
