How to Pump Up a Bike Tire

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Tip 1 - How to Pump Tyres for Beginner Cyclists | Total Women's Cycling

Published: 9 years, 6 month(s) ago | Submitted by Arne Gru 00f 8nsdal | permalink

How to pump tyres on your bike, what valve type you have and how much pressure to go to.

For further reading: http://totalwomenscycling.com/road-cycling/maintenance/beginners-how-to-pump-up-your-bicycle-tyres-16144/ ^[1]

Tip 2 - How to Inflate Bike Tires

Published: 9 years, 6 month(s) ago | Submitted by Alain Masmondet | permalink

Inflating your bike tires is a simple and painless task, as long as you know what tools you need. Identify your valve type with the methods below and pump accordingly. A Schrader valve is also called an American valve, or a car valve. The...
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For further reading: http://www.wikihow.com/Inflate-Bike-Tires ^[2]

Tip 3 - Inflate A Tyre With A Presta Valve Or Sports Valve - Free bike repair

Published: 9 years, 6 month(s) ago | Submitted by Chester Vinson | permalink

A Presta Valve's recommended pressure is usually embossed on the tyre's sidewall, often as min and max figures.

For further reading: http://madegood.org/bikes/repair/inflate-tyre-presta-valve-sports-valve/ ^[3]

Tip 4 - difficulty inflating my bike tire

Published: 9 years, 6 month(s) ago | Submitted by femnbvzzzzaaq | permalink

When trying to inflate my bike tire, I pump maybe 5 times then it gets difficult for me to pump because the handle is hard to pump?

For further reading: http://bicycles.stackexchange.com/questions/23813/difficulty-inflating-my-bike-tire ^[4]

Tip 5 - How to Pump Up Road Bike Tires | LIVESTRONG.COM

Published: 9 years, 6 month(s) ago | Submitted by Wendy Galle | permalink

Tire inflation is the easiest, yet perhaps most neglected maintenance task that bicycle riders can do themselves. Narrower road bike tires will require higher pressures than their wider counterparts. And because of their narrow tires and high pressures, air will naturally escape, even as soon as after a week after inflating. So make it a practice...

For further reading: http://www.livestrong.com/article/187258-how-to-pump-up-road-bike-tires/ ^[5]