Getting the right tyre pressure is quite a tedious task, but an important one if you want to enjoy your rides! However, many of us take it for granted thinking that it doesn't do much help.
Ollie, on the other hand, is here to tell you that you should think about tyre pressure more carefully with some science to back it up!
00:00 How important is tyre pressure?
00:55 The Silverstone Cycling Efficiency Rig
01:37 What we are going to test
02:46 Testing various tyre pressures on fast Pirelli tyres
03:43 About the special rig
07:06 Dropping the pressure to 5 bar
07:41 Changing the surface of the rig
10:54 Testing the cheap Amazon tyres
13:26 Results from the test
18:13 Looking at tyre width
20:42 Other variables
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Do you normally consider other variables when pumping your tyres?
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