eala Posted May 2, 2021 Share This is going to stir the pot I weigh 101kg with 2.35 Ardent Race front and Crossmark 2.25 rear. Pressures 1.1 front and 1.6 rear. I have experimented with tyre pressures and shock and fork presdures ad nauseum and ridden same descents back to back and keep coming back to these pressures. In almost 9000km no pinch flats or damaged rims and only confy as a couch. Any higher and the bike rattles my teeth out. Oh and thats trying 2 forks alsoSimilar weight ,rims and tire width ..My front tire will come off and there is no control on a rocky descent on such low front tire pressures .Best i found was 1,6 front and 1,8 rear.Maybe you have a very thick walled tire or ride only gravel or our gauges are both faulty TheoG 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulieV Posted July 18, 2022 Share On 5/2/2021 at 1:50 PM, eala said: Similar weight ,rims and tire width ..My front tire will come off and there is no control on a rocky descent on such low front tire pressures .Best i found was 1,6 front and 1,8 rear.Maybe you have a very thick walled tire or ride only gravel or our gauges are both faulty I weigh 84kg and run 1.4 front and 1.6 back. No issues. dasilvarsa 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guidodg Posted July 19, 2022 Share Ground Control 2.35 front 1,1bar Fast track 2.35 rear 1,5bar I weigh 74kg dasilvarsa 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MajG Posted July 19, 2022 Share 57 minutes ago, guidodg said: Ground Control 2.35 front 1,1bar Fast track 2.35 rear 1,5bar I weigh 74kg 1.1 bar, that's low. You run insert with? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steady Spin Posted July 19, 2022 Share Pleasantly surprised when I bought a Topeak pressure gauge. My Birzmann pump is way out. 22psi would be closer to 28/30psi Well worth the investment. Settled on 24/26psi front and 26/28psi rear depending on trail being ridden. Anything gravel grinding I go for 30psi front and rear. 2.4 Specialized Butchers front and rear and I weight just north of 100kg. Edited July 19, 2022 by Steady Spin Frosty 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guidodg Posted July 19, 2022 Share 32 minutes ago, MajG said: 1.1 bar, that's low. You run insert with? no insert since they cannot be used with Rovals...and never had a problem even riding fairly rocky gnarly stuff...rims are 29mm internal Edited July 19, 2022 by guidodg MajG 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MajG Posted July 19, 2022 Share 31 minutes ago, guidodg said: no insert since they cannot be used with Rovals...and never had a problem even riding fairly rocky gnarly stuff...rims are 29mm internal Lucky you, even with inserts I ride 1.4bar. You probably a much more skilled n Lightfoot rider too👍🏼 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AkwA Posted July 19, 2022 Share 39 minutes ago, guidodg said: no insert since they cannot be used with Rovals...and never had a problem even riding fairly rocky gnarly stuff...rims are 29mm internal As far as I know only Cushcore style inserts are an issue, Csixx Foamo’s should be fine? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DieselnDust Posted July 19, 2022 Share 1.4 bar front 1.6 bar rear pirelli scorpion XC RC 29x2.4 lite even at 70kg I cannot run the tyres below 1.3 bar as they skirmish (squirm)too much Edited July 20, 2022 by DieselnDust eala and dasilvarsa 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebob Posted July 19, 2022 Share 2 hours ago, AkwA said: As far as I know only Cushcore style inserts are an issue, Csixx Foamo’s should be fine? Foamos are not worth the effort from my experience. DieselnDust, dasilvarsa, TheoG and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisF Posted July 19, 2022 Share 6 hours ago, Steady Spin said: Pleasantly surprised when I bought a Topeak pressure gauge. My Birzmann pump is way out. 22psi would be closer to 28/30psi Well worth the investment. Settled on 24/26psi front and 26/28psi rear depending on trail being ridden. Anything gravel grinding I go for 30psi front and rear. 2.4 Specialized Butchers front and rear and I weight just north of 100kg. ^^ THIS ^^ very few bicycle tire gauges are accurate .... add a bit sludge and it gets worse. DieselnDust and dasilvarsa 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
love2fly Posted July 19, 2022 Share My 2 floor pumps vastly over read compared to my Topeak gauge. As long as you're getting consistency you can read with whatever you wish. I find things get slippery over 1.3 Bar on the front....plus my hands rattle less at 1 1. ChrisF and dasilvarsa 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulieV Posted July 19, 2022 Share 1 hour ago, love2fly said: My 2 floor pumps vastly over read compared to my Topeak gauge. As long as you're getting consistency you can read with whatever you wish. I find things get slippery over 1.3 Bar on the front....plus my hands rattle less at 1 1. My floor pump under reads horribly , so I also use a proper gadget. 1.4 upfront 1.6 on the back works for me dasilvarsa 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DieselnDust Posted July 20, 2022 Share On 7/19/2022 at 12:35 PM, thebob said: Foamos are not worth the effort from my experience. Agreed, they’re not very good Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dasilvarsa Posted July 20, 2022 Share Why do Maxxis tyres say 60 PSi ? We Run them down to 16 PSi in Front no Problem. love2fly 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NotSoBigBen Posted July 20, 2022 Share What are these 'bars' y'all going on about? I'm no lightweight and have settled on 25/28 PSI F/R on MTB and 32/35 PSI F/R on gravel I have found that going too low on my gravel bike makes the bike wander around too much ... No idea how accurate my pump is and I certainly am not one of those that can feel a single PSI either way either Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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