Slow pressure drop

[fauxpas]

Sorry, but these stoopid nub questions will cease when I get more experience under my sitbones and picked your guys/guyettes' brains sumore...

Anyhoo, I checked the pressure in my tyres/tubes tonight... They were 105psi front and 115psi rear about 3 weeks ago... Tonight, they were 50psi front and 60psi rear...

Is it common or normal for the pressure to drop slowly from road tubes?

 

[Albert 50]

Yup....Exactly what you have is exactly what I would expect. I pump up at least once a week to a couple of psi over what I think is optimum for me. This gives me a week of riding, except for flats, before I usually have to worry about inflating again.

 

[kleng]

Sorry, but these stoopid nub questions will cease when I get more experience under my sitbones and picked your guys/guyettes' brains sumore...

Anyhoo, I checked the pressure in my tyres/tubes tonight... They were 105psi front and 115psi rear about 3 weeks ago... Tonight, they were 50psi front and 60psi rear...

Is it common or normal for the pressure to drop slowly from road tubes?

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This is about right for 3 weeks, you should check pressure everytime you go out and ride. I use latex tubes and they lose about 5-10psi per night.

 

[dgregory57]

Yes, it is typical.

Some people top off their tires every ride.

I would suggest getting into a pattern of checking that works for you, and check them occasionally.

 

[badkarma]

Check them once per week and you'll be fine. I use ordinary rubber tubes, and I lose about 15-20 psi per week.

 

[fauxpas]

Phew, thanks for that... Thank God for the floor pump... be stuffed pumping with a handheld every week to over 100psi...

I don't even see how a little handheld can get anywhere near 100psi...

The way I see it, the little handheld I have in my pack is to get enough pressure in my tyre till I get home...

 

[aacliment]

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The way I see it, the little handheld I have in my pack is to get enough pressure in my tyre till I get home...

Thats basically what its designed for.

 

[fauxpas]

Thats basically what its designed for.

Yeah, I laugh at those mini pumps stating "Pumps to 120psi" bwhahahaha

 

[badkarma]

My blackburn frame pump will pump to 120psi.