Pro-tip: inflating tyres

I was inflating my tyre in a bike shop the other day as shown in the picture above. I always do it with the value up there because it means I have to reach down less. The cycling technician said to me, "why are you doing it that way? Do you like working against gravity?".

Putting aside his record shop grade sarcasm, he encouraged me to infalte my tyres with the value at the bottom, so that gravity works with the pump. he's right. It's a good idea. 

I love stuff like that.

Comments

[Tony_Clarkson]

Just came across this post and can't believe I've been pumping up my tyres the hard way for years, that's very useful…

[Alex_tea]

I'm not sure this would have that much effect really. Air is pretty light / you're not shifting that much.