Bicycles Asked on April 25, 2021
I ride a Trek road bike with 25c tires. The recommended pressure on the tire is 100-130 psi. Before I ride I inflate the tires to close to the max pressure no problem and my pump works fine. But after riding around even for just an hour or so, the pressure in both tires is usually down to 80-90 psi. The tires and tubes are brand new so I wouldn’t expect them to have any leaks.
Is this normal? Is there anything I can do about it? I live in a major city and most of the roads I ride on regularly are pretty bumpy — could that be contributing to the problem?
Edit for more details: The tires and tubes are 700x25c Vittoria Rubino Pro, they’re both very new (<1 month old). The bike is a Trek Domane AL3 and it’s about 4 years old (link is to a newer model, my bike is older). I had been using 28c tires until I just replaced them recently, which is why I never had this problem before (the pressure range for 28c is 80-100 psi).
I recently built a wheelset for Tannus tire liners and studded tires. Then I noticed that both tires lose pressure quite quickly but one of these lost it in a very alarming manner (15% of gauge pressure loss per day).
For the tire that lost pressure not as quickly as the other, I estimate it was caused by the Tannus tire liner compressing due to the high pressure placed on it. Wait three weeks and the pressure loss has reduced to that of an ordinary tire. So it appears the Tannus liner is compressed about as much as it will compress.
For the tire that lost pressure quickly, the cause was mainly a loose Presta valve core. I didn't make it loose, it was that way straight out of the factory. I tightened it with an adjustable wrench and the quick pressure loss reduced to that of an ordinary tire.
So, moral of the story: if you buy an inner tube with a removable valve core, you can't expect the valve core to be fully tightened straight out of the factory.
Answered by juhist on April 25, 2021
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