Tyre pressure for MUni

I've been using my Muni with a pretty high tire pressure because the
tracks in Holland are quite smooth, you might want to put in as much
air as you can and then go to the trail and keep letting some air out
till you ride nice 'n smooth, that's what I do when I'm going for a
trials run.

Toodles

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Generally for real MUni, I would recommend that you run the tire at the
lowest possible pressure you can run it without bottoming out.
Depending on your weight, on a 3" tire that will probably be somewhere
between 15 and 20 psi.

Low pressure won't suddenly make you into a jumper; hopping is all
about technique. Low pressure helps only because it makes the timing
easier, as well as the landing.

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Mike-

I'm 13 and a half stone and I believe I weigh a bit more than you. I
run my MUni tire at 18 psig and it only bottoms on drops of 1 to 1.5
meters. Low pressure like that makes MUnis difficult to ride on
pavement. Can I mix any more units in there?

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My 3" muni tyre seems best at about 15-20psi, which is ridiculously soft
from this cyclist's point of view. Even my mountain bike tyres
(cross-country tyres, 1.9 inch) are usually at 40psi or so. If I'm
riding to work, which involves some road riding, I'll run it slightly
harder (approaching 20psi), but really soggy works best for the rocky
trails round here. I did actally bottom it out once on a ride a couple
of weekends ago, and when I came to pump it up it wasn't much over
10psi! I've heard people say that a rough starting point for a 3" tyre
is 1psi for every 10lbs of rider weight. I weigh 12 stone, or just
under 170lbs, so by that scale my tyre should be at 17lbs, but I reckon
I often run it softer than that.

Rob

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I ride a 24x3 Duro tire, and I've been riding between 20-25 psi. I
weigh 150 lbs, and I ride mostly on hard dirt trails, with some soft
sand and mud.

I'm new to riding Muni, so I'm not sure if it too much psi, but so far
it seems good. I can tractor thru tough terrain, and pick up good
speed on easier sections.

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harper said:

Can I mix any more units in there?

how bigs your tire? how bigs the uni? how many millimeters thick are
your shoelaces?

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