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Mine are 30 rear, 20 front.


 
Posted : 02/05/2016 6:48 pm
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Front 24.5 (2.4")
Rear 26.5 (2.25")

29er hardtail, I'm 75kg kitted up and ride in the Lakedistrict.


 
Posted : 02/05/2016 6:50 pm
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12 psi front and 13 psi rear but they are 27.5 + on 40mm wide rims


 
Posted : 02/05/2016 6:51 pm
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8 < 12.... depended on conditions


 
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I run 32 front and rear primarily to keep rolling resistance down as I have a lot of road between trails


 
Posted : 02/05/2016 6:53 pm
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Front between 22 and 105
Rear between 23 and 110


 
Posted : 02/05/2016 6:59 pm
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26 front, 30 rear


 
Posted : 02/05/2016 7:04 pm
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I'm 85Kg in kit and run 24-26 front and 28-30 rear. This is for a 29er HT. Higher pressures are used when bikepacking.


 
Posted : 02/05/2016 7:05 pm
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Anything from 6 to 110


 
Posted : 02/05/2016 7:07 pm
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100 front
100 rear
(road bike)


 
Posted : 02/05/2016 7:08 pm
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Squidgy.... like a pert buttock (buff) or an over ripe melon.


 
Posted : 02/05/2016 7:11 pm
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20 & 23

30 all round on the car

and the usefulness of this info is?


 
Posted : 02/05/2016 7:14 pm
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8 psi front and rear on the fatty, 30 front 35 rear on everything else or I peel the tubeless off the rims too easy and 100-110psi on the road bike.
17 stone and a bit including kit


 
Posted : 02/05/2016 7:16 pm
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About 80kgs kitted - 23 front, 27 rear on a HT.


 
Posted : 02/05/2016 7:23 pm
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It's a closely guarded secret. Even I don't really know.

High 20s rear and low 20s front, I think.


 
Posted : 02/05/2016 7:27 pm
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eh, it depends?

Or do you mean, right now this very second?


 
Posted : 02/05/2016 7:30 pm
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35/34 110/110 60/60


 
Posted : 02/05/2016 7:31 pm
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Bike- 25
Van- 50
BMX- 90


 
Posted : 02/05/2016 7:31 pm
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17 psi front and 21 psi rear on IBIS 941 rims (29er 41mm wide) rider weight 75 kgs - put a bit more in if I go to Coed y Brenin as don't want a rock strike on a carbon rim 🙂


 
Posted : 02/05/2016 7:35 pm
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Squishes tyre(s) with thumb and forefinger, that'll do.


 
Posted : 02/05/2016 7:37 pm
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Trail centre riding: 20 front 25 rear
General XC: 30 front 40 rear


 
Posted : 02/05/2016 7:38 pm
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Front 22, rear 30 with tubes and 90kg on top.
Car 30 all round.
Airgun 2900psi.


 
Posted : 02/05/2016 7:42 pm
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35 front 40 rear


 
Posted : 02/05/2016 7:47 pm
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18psi front, 23psi rear Michelin mud Enduro tyres South Downs over winter

23/26 Bonty Fr3/Ardent. South Downs

23/26 HR2/Ardent for Dartmoor on full Suss

All 29ers


 
Posted : 02/05/2016 8:05 pm
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5psi front, 9 rear.


 
Posted : 02/05/2016 9:06 pm
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squishy-ish


 
Posted : 02/05/2016 9:16 pm
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4.5 front / 5.5 rear with a rigid fork
5.0 front / 5.5 rear with a suspension fork

Other bike

~18 front / ~22 rear

HTH


 
Posted : 02/05/2016 9:30 pm
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6 and 7 and 20 and 20 and 60 and 70


 
Posted : 02/05/2016 9:33 pm
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We've had this before. Too many variables for the information to be remotely relevant.


 
Posted : 02/05/2016 9:34 pm
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19 Front
23-27 Rear
Tubeless of course


 
Posted : 02/05/2016 9:34 pm
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30-35


 
Posted : 02/05/2016 11:16 pm
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This is one of those threads where someone cheerfully pipes up that - all this shows is how inaccurate everyone's pressure gauges are - guffaw guffaw!

2.25 tyres on old skool narrow rims - 30 frt 40 rear. These are the pressures. They're hard-ish, like MTB tyres should be. Can't stand lower pressures - the tyres seem draggy and the low pressure squirm gives inconsistent trail feedback (to my delicate little paws, anyway).


 
Posted : 03/05/2016 12:29 am
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I forgot to add, 2 of mine are at atmospheric.

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This is one of those threads where someone cheerfully pipes up that - all this shows is how inaccurate everyone's pressure gauges are - guffaw guffaw!

Mine are good ta.


 
Posted : 03/05/2016 12:30 am
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Eh?

Mine are good too.. That was my point.. 😉


 
Posted : 03/05/2016 12:31 am
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I'll have to go and calibrate my fingers, you know a good squeeze but not soft


 
Posted : 03/05/2016 12:50 am
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Squishy, but not [i]too[/i] squishy.


 
Posted : 03/05/2016 6:18 am
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7 front, 8 rear Nates on 80mm rim, tubeless.


 
Posted : 03/05/2016 6:27 am
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8f - 9r

And 100f - 100r


 
Posted : 03/05/2016 6:36 am
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fat front
6ish (nate)

plus 29 front
14 (dirt wizard)

29 rear
20 (gato, chunky monkey, ardent)


 
Posted : 03/05/2016 7:00 am
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So many variables but here you go:

Fat bike: 5 or 6 front and 6 rear.
29er HT: 32 F & R
Road bike 1 (clincher): 110
Road bike 2 (tubs): 160


 
Posted : 03/05/2016 7:14 am
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Maxxis Minion DHF 2.5 - 30psi front and 30-35psi rear. Both tubeless. I find that any less than 30 and the tyres fold over and squirm when pushed into corners. The GF runs 20psi front and rear.


 
Posted : 03/05/2016 8:05 am
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Do you mean as measured by my track pump or by my topeak digital gauge? They seem to give wildly different values.

Lowest I've ever used is 3psi front and 4psi rear (snow) and highest is 90 front 100 rear (road bike). Usually aim for something around low 20s front and mid to high 20s rear on a "normal" mountain bike (whatever one of those is these days).


 
Posted : 03/05/2016 8:47 am
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Front round about 19psi 2.25 rocket ron
rear round about 21psi 2.1 raching ralph

650b xc hardtail wit 100mm travel and a sub nine stone rider riding around in lycra with one water bottle and minimal tools.


 
Posted : 03/05/2016 8:56 am

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