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unicyclesteven1 · 2012-06-26, 08:24 PM

When you ride your unicycle is your tire pump- up to the correct psi. Or is your tire half inflated.

Gilby · 2012-06-26, 08:54 PM

You would not use half the tire pressure on a unicycle. Typically, the amount is in line with what's on the tire, but it depends a lot on what you prefer, how much you weight, and what type of riding you're doing. A small kid can get by with much less air in the tire than an adult can.

For MUni, I put in just enough air so my rim never hits an object I'm going over. For freestyle, I usually put a lot of pressure in as it handles better for turns and spins, but not as good for hopping. For distance, I also like a lot of pressure in my tire.

anton005 · 2012-06-26, 09:01 PM

I ride mine about half inflated, my 29er with a knobby tire I run it about 24 psi on road and about 20 psi off road. I don't like the feeling of a fully inflated tire, too hard for my old bones.

harper · 2012-06-27, 12:28 AM

I'm a pessimist. All my tires are half deflated.

jbtilley · 2012-06-27, 02:06 AM

I'm an opportunist. I let all the air out of my tire while you were debating whether it was half inflated or half deflated..

JBAB · 2012-06-27, 04:42 AM

24 lbs is my magic number. 29er 2.25 wide tire. Anything less the sidewalls fold or I hit the rim....anything harder and it feels like a rolling rock.

2012-06-26, 08:24 PM	#1
unicyclesteven1 Registered User Join Date: Jun 2012 Posts: 14	tirers When you ride your unicycle is your tire pump- up to the correct psi. Or is your tire half inflated.

2012-06-27, 12:28 AM	#4
harper 768 - It's in your DNA Join Date: Sep 2001 Age: 60 Posts: 8,556	I'm a pessimist. All my tires are half deflated. __________________ -Greg Harper Destroying the climate by shutting down nuclear power plants, one by one, since 1979. JC is the only main man. There can be no other. "A fool on a unicycle is redundant" - J.D. Miller

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2012-06-26, 08:54 PM	#2
Gilby Unicyclist.com Webmaster Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Minnesota, USA Age: 33 Posts: 4,854	You would not use half the tire pressure on a unicycle. Typically, the amount is in line with what's on the tire, but it depends a lot on what you prefer, how much you weight, and what type of riding you're doing. A small kid can get by with much less air in the tire than an adult can. For MUni, I put in just enough air so my rim never hits an object I'm going over. For freestyle, I usually put a lot of pressure in as it handles better for turns and spins, but not as good for hopping. For distance, I also like a lot of pressure in my tire.

2012-06-26, 09:01 PM	#3
anton005 Registered User Join Date: May 2007 Location: Bellevue, WA Age: 43 Posts: 846	I ride mine about half inflated, my 29er with a knobby tire I run it about 24 psi on road and about 20 psi off road. I don't like the feeling of a fully inflated tire, too hard for my old bones.

2012-06-27, 02:06 AM	#5
jbtilley Muni Foot Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: North Carolina Posts: 555	I'm an opportunist. I let all the air out of my tire while you were debating whether it was half inflated or half deflated..

2012-06-27, 04:42 AM	#6
JBAB Registered User Join Date: Jun 2010 Posts: 69	24 lbs is my magic number. 29er 2.25 wide tire. Anything less the sidewalls fold or I hit the rim....anything harder and it feels like a rolling rock.

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