+ Tyre Pressure Gauge – Who Uses One?

Aye, we split for them, clubbed together on postage Bonio.

I have an accugage, it’s nice but the bleed valve is too slow, drives me nuts.

Patience, my young Padawan…

Letting 2psi out of a 4.8 tyre with the accugage doesn’t need patience, it needs a medically induced coma.

I use a digital one, ive had a few, I trust them in the sense I cant tell what pressure I’m at by feel so in that sense even if the gauge is out by 2 psi its still closer than I can get by feel

What are people looking for,repeatability of pressures that they like or a true readout of the actual pressure?

^ Easy – both 🙂

Northwind – Member

Letting 2psi out of a 4.8 tyre with the accugage doesn’t need patience, it needs a medically induced coma.

Pretty sure the button is the gauge reset, not pressure relief.

^ Easy – both

When I raced a lot,I would try different pressures on my gauge till I was happy with the ride, but I have no idea how accurate the readings were. Never saw the point in having it calibrated ,I just used it for repeatability.It could have had the display in carrots for all I cared.
I am sure for awesome riders a PSI or two makes all the difference though 😉

@stato, they describe it as a bleeder valve.

Pretty sure the button is the gauge reset, not pressure relief.

Which is essentially the same thing.

Repeatability is your accuracy to be honest. As long as I know what I want physically in my tyres, and that the gauge is providing that every time, within reason, I’m happy. \o/

fasthaggis – Member
When I raced a lot,I would try different pressures on my gauge till I was happy with the ride, but I have no idea how accurate the readings were. Never saw the point in having it calibrated ,I just used it for repeatability.It could have had the display in carrots for all I cared.
I am sure for awesome riders a PSI or two makes all the difference though

Did you race much cyclocross fasthaggis? Endless witterings on pressure during the warm up.
What you on mate? 21psi. That’s miles too soft, going with 22.5 here.
Thinking of getting a gauge myself for the impending season, mind, so good thread.

I am sure for awesome fatbike riders a PSI or two makes all the difference though

😀 😉

It’s good to be accurate and know how hard (or soft) you are to the next rider, for comparison sake

This schwalbe

^ do you have one?

I had a (cheap) digital gauge but gave up with it as it was patently inconsistent for fat bike tyres (<10 PSI) – the squeeze test was more reliable.

The Accu-Gage is great, though. I run 4.8 PSI front / 5.5 PSI rear on my 4.7″ fat bike tyres for general riding – including roads, about 3.5 PSI for soft beach sand (the sort where you sink to your ankles when you walk on it) and the lowest reading I’ve seen is 1.2 PSI which was what I ended up at riding on deep-ish snow (almost un-rideable on the road!) The 15 PSI Accu-Gage has enoug precision to cope with all of these.

Letting 2psi out of a 4.8 tyre with the accugage doesn’t need patience, it needs a medically induced coma

Erm… You take the gauge off, press on the end of the valve with your finger for a few seconds, then try the gauge on again…

“Accu-Gage” gauges are available on ebay from the USA for about £18 including postage.

0-15 PSI

0-30 PSI

I bought one from that seller last year, and it arrived in about 10 days – no problems at all.

The 15 PSI one is excellent for fat bikes, but I would suggest the 30PSI one for plus tyres as over-pressurising bourdon gauges will kill them. Treated with care, they should last forever.

Think I might just have to cave in and buy an accu gauge (0-15).

tillydog – Member

Erm… You take the gauge off, press on the end of the valve with your finger for a few seconds, then try the gauge on again…

Which makes the relief valve pointless, unlike the one on the Topeak, which actually works and means you don’t have to fanny about.

Been riding fat bikes for a couple of years and was suddenly a fan of digital gauges

I use the Shimano Pro – costs about £12

Its very annoying that you cannot change the battery, but i use it a lot and it lives in my camelbak (which is pretty shitty) – typically get 9 to 12 months out of it

The difference between 7.2 psi and 8 psi is really noticeable – its nuts how much of a difference it makes!!

Essential tool in my eyes

makes the relief valve pointless

Not at all. I use it to reset the gauge after taking a reading, or to tickle the pressure down a little bit – YMMV.

Fatbike – front brake on, full weight shove down on the bars. If the tyre wrinkles ever so slightly then it’s perfect. 🙂

tilly – what do you use as a Presta adapter when using accu-gauge?

Edit: oh right just looked properly and realised accu-g is presta specific