Bicycle Quarterly Tyre Pressure. Oli woodman immediate media running your tyres at either too high or too low a pressure can be. Road bike tyre pressures.
Road bike tyres are run at a higher pressure than mountain bike tyres to reduce rolling resistance and the chance of pinch flat punctures. We did not believe it at first either so we ve tested it numerous times. For standard trekking wheels the most frequent choice would be a tyre pressure between 3 and 4 bar.
Road tires typically require 80 to 130 psi pounds per square.
90psi 6 2bar front 93psi 6 4bar rear. But as editor jan heine discusses here bicycle quarterly s real world testing indicates that when tyre pressures get too high there s no further reduction in rolling resistance. Road bike tyres are run at a higher pressure than mountain bike tyres to reduce rolling resistance and the chance of pinch flat punctures. At bicycle quarterly we ve been researching tire performance for the last eight years and the most revolutionary finding is this.