![]() ![]() I don’t pump up my tires until they get below 50,” says Tetrick, who used to consider 90 psi low. “Lower tire pressure is more comfortable and it’s more confidence-inducing for me, especially on rough descents,” Tetrick says, noting that she now also runs wider tires and lower pressure on the road bike. I’d be like, ‘How about 40?’”Īlison Tetrick rides a Specialized Diverge in Steamboat Springs, CO. So, my mechanic would want to put 35 psi in my tires for gravel, and I couldn’t fathom it. “In my mind, higher tire pressure meant fast. But she also found that lower tire pressure literally lowered her stress levels on the bike…once she got used to it. In 2017, Tetrick switched to gravel racing, later saying, “I needed to lower the pressure in my life, and the tire pressure in my wheels.” She was talking about switching to a racing discipline that was a bit more fun-forward than the pure road scene at the time. Rock-hard tires may sail over glass-smooth fresh asphalt, but put them on most well-worn roads and they bounce like Super Balls over every imperfection and chatter through corners rather than conform to the road, ramping up your mental and physical fatigue. When she was racing the World Tour in the late aughts, 23mm tires pumped to a wagon-wheel rigid 120 psi were standard fare. If you would like your preferred tire just let us know the details and we’ll do what we can to add it.Pro cyclist Alison Tetrick has a mantra: Lower tire pressure, lower life pressure. We don’t have your tire brand/model/size?ĭon’t fret, we aim to add more tire brands, models and sizes on an ongoing basis. The review process usually takes a week so the app is often behind the online version. We are able to release changes to the online version immediately while the app needs to be reviewed. Why does the online version have more tire options than the iPhone/iPad app? Press a button to change the tire brand or just select the generic size.Press the logo to view the latest updates on.To change the brand of tire swipe up or down in the tire brand selector.To change the tire size swipe up or down in the tire size selector.Tap one of the roll out numbers to highlight your gear selection.Swipe left or right in the chart area to change the rear cog.Swipe up or down in the chart area to change the front cog.It’s been a long time coming but we finally have our first iPhone/iPad app, the BMX Gear Calculator How to use the Gear Calculator V1.1 Since we use it a lot ourselves we are very proud of what we have been able to produce and how popular it is.Įvery now and then, while at some tracks we found that internet connections on the phone were very slow making the gear calculator a little difficult to use. Not only that though, the calculator can give you exact roll out for Tioga PowerBlock tires and many other popular tires. Now the calculator produces an interactive gear chart, which sounds very complicated but couldn’t be easier to use. Of course over the years they have changed somewhat. ![]() Many years ago at we started to develop a gear chart and a gear calculator specifically for BMXers that could be used on the web, so no matter where you were, providing you had an internet connection and a browser, you could access them. ![]()
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