Hi all,

I just received my shiny new turbo trainer and continental hometrainer tyre... but I haven't got a clue what sort of pressure I should be running at to use on the trainer. I could try hit and miss to see how it feels, but having never used one of these things before I really don't know how they're supposed to feel anyway!

Any suggestions on what's a good range? Tyre itself says it has a max of 65psi so I'm guessing no-where near there!

as a pure guess i would say somewhere near 65 psi ?

Max 65 PSI means that that's the max the manufacturers rate the tyre to operate safely at. Chances are you can get away with more as there's no way the manufacturers will put the true max down, so 65 PSI sounds good to me.

buy a cheap tyre for turbo use and pump it up to the recommended pressure.

so the wheel doesnt slip when your giving it big licks adjust the tensioner on the back a bit at a time, start loose and work tighter, dont just wind it up. a bit of practice and yourl figure it out.

too much tension on the roller and expect to see rubber shards all over the place and a bald squared tyre in no time.

your gonna find a under inflated tyre feels slow and heavy to push. a correctly inflated tyre feels great and allows free spinning.

I already bought the trainer tyre:

http://www.wiggle.co.uk/p/Cycle/7/Continen...yre/5360017042/

Unfortunately there wasn't a recommended pressure anywhere in the instructions, nor in the instructions for the trainer. Ahah, while writing this post I did just find an old version of the continental website which says 45psi though. That'll do as a starting point.

Thanks all.

Any MTB slick (the less tread the better) would work fine with the turbo trainer. I'd pump it up as hard as possible (65 psi) as anyone who had ridden a t-trainer or on the road will tell you, the more "squidge" in the tyre means less speed/efficiency.