SKS Airspy tyre pressure monitors

[Graham Mccollum]

Hi all,

Anyone else tried these before? Just got some and honestly I think they are genius. I've had 2 bad crashes on the v20 from slow pictures that I haven't spotted until I'm going downhill. It's made me a bit neurotic about constantly stopping to pinch the tyres to be sure...especially before a descent.

Recumbents I find it much harder to detect low pressure as early as uprights and a front flat is far more serious on recumbents and hard to recover.

These things now give a live pressure readout plus a reliable emergency alarm all from my Garmin. It's made rides so much more relaxing. I would highly recommend for anyone else who can't stop worrying if their tyres are going to fail when going fast.

 

[Jeffers]

Pretty slick! I heard how serious a front flat on a Cruzbike is.

So far I've recovered from flats on the low racer.
I've found other ways to crash.

Airspy TL Pressure Sensor

The SKS Germany Airspy TL is a mobile digital pressure gauge used to transmit real-time air pressure to your Garmin device or Smartphone through the SKS MYBIKE app. Set your ideal pressure in the App and let the Airspy alarm you when you lose too much pressure. The Airspy TL is for use with...

sks-us.com

 

[LarryOz]

Wow - those are cool - but pricey - $240 each - Too rich for my blood! -
I also doubt if they work very well with tubeless tires. I have noticed that the valves in my tubeless tires are the first to clog up. Eventually they get so bad I can't even pump air back into the tires.

 

[CruzRider]

I think the street price is closer to $100 (shipping from the European vendors). I do get the concern about sealant clogging …

The Quarq TyreWiz is similar and has been on the market for about 4 yrs .

 

[rdl03]

Tire inserts are another solution - they would maintain the tire shape prevent the crash even with catastrophic loss of air pressure.
If I were trying to address this problem, pretty sure that's the solution I would go with. Haven't used them, but have done a bit of reading.
The Vittoria ones even give up to 50 km of "running flat".