http://www.roadbikes101.com/bicycle-maintenance/bikes-tire-pressure-278.php Sat, 14 Jan 2012 10:41:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.roadbikes101.com/bicycle-maintenance/bikes-tire-pressure-278.php/comment-page-1#comment-100 Andrew Sat, 17 Apr 2010 01:46:59 +0000 http://www.roadbikes101.com/?p=278#comment-100 Tire pressure remains the same whether you are on or off the bike. It does not increase with your weight. What changes is the area of tire in contact with the road. The heavier the rider, the more the tire flattens, the greater the "footprint"...but the psi in the tire is constant. Picking up any physics book will tell you this. Just FYI so that you can correct your article. Tire pressure remains the same whether you are on or off the bike. It does not increase with your weight. What changes is the area of tire in contact with the road. The heavier the rider, the more the tire flattens, the greater the “footprint”…but the psi in the tire is constant. Picking up any physics book will tell you this. Just FYI so that you can correct your article.

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