The easiest way to keep your bicycle running safely, quickly and efficiently is to keep the air pressure up in your tires. Proper air pressure actually protects your wheels from damage, and helps you go faster with less energy. The proper air pressure is always marked on the sidewall of tires; in general mountain bike tires should have at least 50- 60 psi; old 1 ~ 3 speed bikes should be 40- 50 psi; skinny-tire road bikes will be 75- 100 psi.

This page is to help you know where you can get air around campus.

Our new MSU Bikes Service Center is the best place for air; we have two hoses available 24/7 to you on the outside of our shop (see photos to right). Just press the big green button to activate the air for 3 minutes. The hose on the left is for tires up to 60 psi for the average mountain bike/ cruiser, etc. and the one on the right is up to 125 psi for road bikes. If you don't have a tire pressure gauge we sell them or can loan you one.

Most of the residence halls have electric air pumps at or near the front desk; inquire at your residence hall. Most local gas stations also have air pumps, but unfortunately don't usually have pressure gauges to let you know how much air you're putting in, so be careful to not over-inflate.

One more excellent place to get air on campus is at the MSU Motor Pool gas station which is on the East side of the Stadium (see photo here). The pump is mounted on the wall next to the gas pumps (see photo above) and the way it works is you use the crank on the right side to choose your pressure, then take the hose OFF the hook, then add your air using the hose. There will be a bell that will sound off for every pound of air you add, so when it stops sounding your air pressure is now whatever you dialed it to. Note: this pump will not go above 70 psi or so.