Free Public Bike Pumps in Italy

Cities with the most public bike pumps

1. 1Rome16 stations · 13 repair
2. 2Bologna13 stations · 13 repair
3. 3Imola12 stations · 11 repair
4. 4Genoa11 stations · 1 repair
5. 5Milan11 stations · 9 repair
6. 6Udine11 stations · 11 repair

Bike pumps in Italy at a glance

OpenStreetMap lists 921 public stations in Italy in 518 towns and cities: 146 compressed-air pumps and 775 bike repair stations, 402 of which have a built-in pump. In total, 548 stations let you inflate a tire.

Most stations in Italy are bike repair stands: a post with a hand or foot pump, often with tools on steel cables. They take a little longer than a compressor, but they are usually free and in public space.

9% of the stations are in the 7 cities with their own page below; the other 841 are spread across smaller towns.

Free or paid?

259 stations in Italy carry fee information: 234 are marked free and 25 paid (90% free). So the vast majority of mapped pumps cost nothing. Stations without a fee tag are not necessarily free.

Valves, gauges and opening hours

25 stations list their valve types: 12 fit Presta, 24 fit Schrader, and 2 fit Dunlop (Woods) valves. Riders with Presta valves should carry a small adapter.

Of all stations, 34 have a pressure gauge, 18 are covered, and 13 are lit at night.

193 stations are open 24/7 and 224 have opening hours listed. Pumps inside shops or fuel stations follow their opening hours.

Example stations in Italy

A selection of well-documented stations from different towns. The live map shows all of them with directions.

• ALDI

  Via Roma Destra, Lido di Jesolo

  Repair station with pump · free · 24/7 · Presta

• Ciclopedonale del garda

  Lungolago Marconi, Limone sul Garda

  Repair station with pump · free · 24/7 · Presta

• Gemeinde Niederdorf - Comune di Villabassa

  Von-Kurz-Platz - Piazza Von Kurz 5, Hoisen, Niederdorf - Villabassa

  Repair station with pump · free · 24/7 · gauge

• Ikea

  Località Maranuz, Villesse

  Repair station with pump · free · 24/7 · gauge · covered

• VAR cities

  Viale dei Gelsi, Salvarosa, Castelfranco Veneto

  Repair station with pump · free · 24/7 · gauge

• Areo

  Piazza Decorati al Valor Civile, Quartiere Aurelia, Cassina de' Pecchi

  Repair station with pump · free · 24/7

• Bike Stand

  Via Cesare Baronio, Municipio Roma VII, Rome

  Repair station with pump · free · 24/7

• Cassetta Ciclo Riparazione Santa Graziella dell'Apocalisse ACAB

  Piazza Galvani 2, Quadrilatero, Bologna

  Repair station with pump · free · 24/7

Who runs the stations

The most common operators and brands in Italy in OpenStreetMap:

• Area Blu9
• Comune di Bologna9
• Clorofilla8
• Evvai8
• Università degli Studi di Udine7
• Corona e Catena6
• Comune di Suvereto4
• VEnTO4

More towns with stations

These places have stations but no page of their own yet. You find them on the live map:

• Reggio nell'Emilia11
• Jesolo9
• Parma8
• Riva del Garda8
• Grado7
• Trento7
• Trezzano sul Naviglio7
• Bibione6
• Lignano Sabbiadoro6
• Pisa6
• Arco5
• Cesena5
• Cuneo5
• Ferrara5
• Misano Adriatico5
• Piacenza5

How public bike pumps work

Public bike pumps come in two kinds. Bike repair stations are posts with a hand or floor pump, often with tools on steel cables and a hanger to hold the bike. They stand in parks, at train stations, on campuses and along cycle routes, and they almost never cost anything. Compressed-air pumps are electric compressors, mostly at gas stations, car washes and bike shops. They fill a tire in seconds but are built for car tires.

Before you pump, check your valve. Most repair-station heads fit both Presta and Schrader; gas-station air chucks fit Schrader only, so a small Presta adapter is worth carrying. With a compressor, add air in short bursts and check the pressure, because a narrow road tire can burst well below car pressure. The right pressure is printed on the tire sidewall.

All stations on this site come from OpenStreetMap, where volunteers add and update them. If a pump is broken, gone or missing from the map, fix it directly in OpenStreetMap or use the report button on the map. The change appears here after the next data update.

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