Milzy
Guru
Go and run Tubeless tires then. No punctures low pressure with lots of comfort & speed.
Heatwave tyre pressures.
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Go and run Tubeless tires then. No punctures low pressure with lots of comfort & speed.
cougie uk
Guru
I blew up two tyres in a race in Germany and the Conti mechanic basically told me it was too much pressure (and a pothole hidden in a puddle). He swapped the Vredesteins at 120psi for Contis at 90 and I've never looked back since. Great tyres.
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Roadrat77
Active Member
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- Birmingham
Not quite...
fossyant
Ride It Like You Stole It!
- Location
- South Manchester
Wouldn't worry about it. TBH. 40 years biking, never had a tyre pop due to heat.
If you are a SRAM MTB'er, you've got way more worry of your brakes failing due to heat. There is an issue with a number of their hydraulic brakes that jam in heat. The fix is new revised piston's in the lever. Happened to both brakes on my bike in hot weather. Revised piston cured it.
If you are a SRAM MTB'er, you've got way more worry of your brakes failing due to heat. There is an issue with a number of their hydraulic brakes that jam in heat. The fix is new revised piston's in the lever. Happened to both brakes on my bike in hot weather. Revised piston cured it.
RoadRider400
Some bloke that likes cycling alone
You must have arms of granite to get to 120psi. I struggle to get beyond 100psi with my pump.
vickster
Legendary Member
Not a joe blow max by any chance? Those are hopeless for road tyres!
RoadRider400
Some bloke that likes cycling alone
A Truflow floor pump of some description possibly in need of replacement. Fortunately I prefer the lower pressures of around 80psi.
Ming the Merciless
There is no mercy
- Location
- Inside my skull
You don’t unless you are already running at the maximum pressures on the sidewalls.
Smokin Joe
Legendary Member
- Location
- Bare headed cyclist, Smoker
I did once read something by a guy who'd rode an Etape with Greg Lamond for a few miles in heatwave conditions and the American advised him to reduce his tyre pressures by 10psi because the air would expand in the heat.
Almost true it was in the pen at the start of an Etape du tour, he told everyone to loose a little pressure from the tyres. It was going to be hot and when you brake hard on Pyrenees descents they can blow. I was in the pen beside him and his son.
Spiderweb
Not So Special One
- Location
- North Yorkshire
I used to inflate 23/25 tyres to 100-110 psi, this is old school thinking now, it doesn’t make you faster.
I run my 28mm at 75/80 psi and my 25mm at 80/85psi. A much more comfortable ride👍
I don’t reduce pressure when it’s hot as I’m way below max tyre psi recommendations.
I run my 28mm at 75/80 psi and my 25mm at 80/85psi. A much more comfortable ride👍
I don’t reduce pressure when it’s hot as I’m way below max tyre psi recommendations.
Hover Fly
Lazy so and so
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- Besides the lake, beneath the trees
When I was cycling in the Alps and summer heat I often found that my tyres had gone from “a bit of give” outside the hotel in the morning to “rock hard+” at the top of a pass. Never had a blow out or any trouble.
bladesman73
Über Member
My days 120psi!? Im 94kg and run Pirelli PZero 25mm at 100pis rear and 90psi front. Even considering trying to lower each by 10psi. Suggest you follow suit, it will make a world of difference.
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Roadrat77
Active Member
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- Birmingham
Well I'm nowhere near 16st for a kick off and I'm certainly not a "noob" either.
