I missed this earlier, but 60 psi is insane. How many tires have you blown?

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Jan 8, 2025
5:28:12pm

Superkid Mother Lover

You can't be doing any real mountain biking if you run your tires at 60 PSI.

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Superkid

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Road and mountain bicyclists: What do you use to inflate your tires?

ThirdStringStreamer

Jan 8, 3:37pm

A normal pump. About 2-3 feet tall. Handle goes up and down. Easy to do. Do you

Chasicle

Jan 8, 3:40pm

I always carry a CO2 cartridge and inflator in my saddle pack.

Hawk in the 303

Jan 8, 3:40pm

Sorry, thought you were talking about on-the-trail repairs.

Hawk in the 303

Jan 8, 4:39pm

60 PSI??? That is super high. Is your setup tubeless?

COUGND

Jan 8, 3:41pm

yeah

ThirdStringStreamer

Jan 8, 3:42pm

Try this guide. Unless you are really heavy 60 is way way too much for an MTB

COUGND

Jan 8, 3:44pm

SO high. Use this as a guide

Buckeye

Jan 8, 3:45pm

High as in higher than many MTB rims will be rated for, fwiw

Buckeye

Jan 8, 3:48pm

Interesting. Shows my newb-ness. The tires themselves say 35-60 psi. But guide

ThirdStringStreamer

Jan 8, 3:59pm

Yes, go with the guide. Depending on the MTB tire, I'm at 21-24psi, and that's

Buckeye

Jan 8, 4:04pm

Sounds like a good pump for a road bike.

Leonardo

Jan 8, 3:42pm

I bought this floor pump years ago.

mottman

Jan 8, 3:42pm

I usually don't even go 60 PSI on my road bike (more like 50 for a nice ride). Gravel 30. MTB 20 and air down at top.

SaturdaySpecialDay

Jan 8, 3:47pm

Giant Control Tower. It's a standard pump but works great for me. Road: 115 PSI

The Dark Knight

Jan 8, 3:47pm

60 psi is way too high for mtb tires. I typically ride between 22 and 28

kccougar

Jan 8, 3:48pm

Was following what was printed on the side of the tire and figured more air

ThirdStringStreamer

Jan 8, 4:08pm

Change your pressures and your next ride will be the smoothest ride you've ever had.

kccougar

Jan 8, 4:40pm

I bought a little battery powered pump. It works on the car tires and bike tires and charges a cell phone.

Cougar-Duck

Jan 8, 3:50pm

Lezyne floor pump

InlandEmpYre

Jan 8, 3:54pm

Same. Mine has the digital gauge and is their "Dirt" model. Love it.

misterpepper

Jan 8, 4:36pm

Basic floor pump like others have said - I don't recall the brand.

Eddie

Jan 8, 4:36pm

I bought this after switching to tubeless:

Darth Paul

Jan 8, 5:10pm

I missed this earlier, but 60 psi is insane. How many tires have you blown?

Superkid

Jan 8, 5:28pm

A separate problem I have...many pumps with both types of valves seem to fall

runnincoug

Jan 8, 6:24pm

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