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My riding weight is 160lb. What is the lowest PSI I can safely use?


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@Tryptych witch tire offroad?

If offroad i ride 28 to 26Psi and i am over 260lbs.

I no make any jumps or crazy stuff like high curbs jumps.

I can ride on sharp stone offroads no problem rim is ok still.

And my speed limit is 43 km/h (tiltback) // 26miles//

My pump is shaomi air pump just for reference.

 

 

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10 hours ago, DjPanJan said:

@Tryptych witch tire offroad?

If offroad i ride 28 to 26Psi and i am over 260lbs.

 

Good info, I am surprised your PSI is so low at your weight.  At 160lb I am using 28 PSI because I am afraid to damage the rim, but I guess I can drop down a bit more.

Is anyone else doing under 28?

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1 hour ago, Tryptych said:

Is anyone else doing under 28?

Sure. Personally I like to ride as hard as I comfortably can to maximize range and responsiveness, so I ride the Sherman off-road styled tires at 26-30 psi. But if I’d ride a bit more calmly, I’d have no problem going with 25 psi. I weigh 103kg (227 lbs).

 Overall, a low pressure or rider weight are not what solely causes punctures or rim damage. It’s your speed and the terrain you ride in as well. Going slow on tarmac? Go down to 20 psi if you want. Going fast over roots and sharp rocks? Don’t go below 25 psi, and mind your riding technique.

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On 8/7/2021 at 10:44 AM, DjPanJan said:

If offroad i ride 28 to 26Psi and i am over 260lbs.

 

Almost the same here. I'm almpost 240 lbs and I use about 27 Psi, which I think is just perfect. I don't need less, even now it sometimes feel a little weird (like riding on mud), but no problem. I had more, but 30+ Psi felt really hard. Not comfortable, felt like I'm getting kicked off a lot.

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I’m 90kg

 

i ride off road

 

ive jumped it done stairs

and everything else

 

i ride at 23.5psi

 

Wide rim model

 

i don’t quite bash it like my other wheels however 

 

but I can tell you it’s the dream at 23.5psi

 

 

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5 hours ago, Trevor Phillips said:

i ride off road

 

ive jumped it done stairs

and everything else

 

i ride at 23.5psi

Just the other day I was told multiple times that “Trevor died.” I hope it’s not a precognition due to the above. :lol:

(I simply love your excellent choice of an avatar! :clap3:)

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That’s because Michael killed me if you followed that line


but in the below video it leaves the ground a few times and there was lots more but I don’t film everything 

 

however I did the drop at least a dozen times

 

still no match for the Gotway monster V3 off that type of drop though

 

the very end of the video is real-time not sped up

i haven’t been going silly, because I know it’ll break

 

so for now until my EUC supplier gets spare rims I’m going to just ride easy, well sort of…

 

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6 hours ago, Trevor Phillips said:

That’s because Michael killed me if you followed that line

Well, that too, but even before that, Trevor simply got killed several times. And so did Michael in fact. But yeah, I felt so bad after Michael killing you that I missed you bad enough to have to start all over again!

 

6 hours ago, Trevor Phillips said:

the very end of the video is real-time not sped up

 

 

Deer lord… The rate you accelerate at when sorting gives me the jeebies! Nice video! The tire even stays afloat better than I’d have expected at 23.5 psi.

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