Now that we’ve near exhausted the topic of Coker tire pressure, which was very
informative, what kind of pressure is everyone out there using on the Monty 20"
X 2.5 for Max height?
Joe Merrill
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Re: Monty tire pressure
In article <962q4a$hmn$1@nnrp1.deja.com>,
Joe Merrill <nycjoe@aol.com> wrote:
> Now that we’ve near exhausted the topic of Coker tire pressure, which was very
> informative, what kind of pressure is everyone out there
using
> on the Monty 20" X 2.5 for Max height?
>
> Joe Merrill
Hi, Joe! Hi, everyone.
I tried a few different pressures last night – my first night with the Monty
(on a United frame and Miyata seat). 25lbs seemed too soft on some surfaces, and
40 lbs seemed too hard. Then I lowered the pressure and it seemed ok – and it’s
now about 30.5 lbs.
I have to say that the COOLEST thing about my trials uni was jumping off of
heights – something I had never even tried before on my regular unis over the
past 20 years. What I found was that after landing, I BOUNCED! I know that I
could have landed more cushily but letting my legs absorb the shock, but the
bouncing was a lot of fun, like a Hoppity Hop.
David Stone
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Re: Monty tire pressure
On Sun, 11 Feb 2001 02:52:05 GMT, david_stone@my-deja.com wrote:
>and it seemed ok – and it’s now about 30.5 lbs.
Can you be more precise?
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Re: Monty tire pressure
In article <3a872045.7010608@newszilla.xs4all.nl>,
klaasbil_remove_the_spamkiller_@xs4all.nl (Klaas Bil) wrote:
> On Sun, 11 Feb 2001 02:52:05 GMT, david_stone@my-deja.com wrote:
>
> >and it seemed ok – and it’s now about 30.5 lbs.
> Can you be more precise?
>
> Klaas
Further research will have to be conducted, but the reading I got - namely 30.5
- seemed high. I think it was more like 30.35 or possily
30.4. I should also point out that I was at locations varying between 150 and
154 feet above sea level. Additionally, when I gauged the pressure, I was
back home, and I forgot to include the additional 45 feet of altitude
caused by living on the 4th floor. I will have an independent research
team test the unicycyle at the locations I visited and will then average
the results.
Have an approximately wonderful night!
David 
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Hate to bring up a “dead” thread but I figured I search through the old ones before starting a new.
40 lbs is WAY to much pressure for the Monty.
35 lbs is still too hard for me
Still working between 25-30 to find the “right” pressure.
Depends on weight
Im 65kgs, and use a monty 2.5 on my unicycle and my trials bike.
I run 19.5psi on my trials bike, and 24psi on my unicycle.
Believe me this works, in the trials bike world, the lower the pressure you can run without bottoming the rim the better. ive gone off a 8 foot drop on my trials bike, thats seems to be my limit before i bottom out, has a lot to do with landing technique though, on my unicycle, ive gone off a 4 foot drop, but havent expirienced any higher yet cause the clank i heard was my hub and cranks breaking, not my rim, thats fine. waiting for a profile hub now!
The less pressure you run the more the tyre wraps on an object, worried about the tyre rolling on the rim? im not, a monty tyre wont roll off very easy.
James
I’m running at 26 psi right now on my Monty tire, and that still seems a bit more air then I’d like, but comfortable. I’m definately thinking the range of 23-25 psi would be idea pressure for me.