Just bought a air compressor from local tool shop on offer with kit for inflating tyres. Now just read a few things that seem to suggest you can't use it for inflating bike tyres. Can anyone clarify whether compressor is fine for road bike tyres?
Air compressor for bike tyres
- Thread starter psalliss
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Soldato
Probably not.
A car tyre (which i assume is what it's designed for?) takes 20-30psi.
A road bike tyre needs over 100psi.
A car tyre (which i assume is what it's designed for?) takes 20-30psi.
A road bike tyre needs over 100psi.
The compressor does inflate upto 116 psi so pressure is fine it was more will it inflate them too quickly. It does have a inflater gun attachment with it
http://www.screwfix.com/p/stanley-8...0v/48089#product_additional_details_container
http://www.screwfix.com/p/stanley-8...0v/48089#product_additional_details_container
Caporegime
How fast are you expecting it to go? People use those little co2 canister inflaters which are pretty quick.
I just presume that due to being quite powerful it will put a lot of air out on each press of trigger and been suggested that could over inflate tyre and blow it
I'd imagine this test it on a inner tube that's not installed in tyre
Caporegime
Better to do it in a tyre you don't mind losing. Outside a tyre isn't going to be representative of what it's like inflating it in the proper place.