Free Public Bike Pumps in Russia

Cities with the most public bike pumps

1. 1Saint Petersburg45 stations · 4 repair
2. 2Kazan27 stations · 5 repair
3. 3Moscow23 stations · 11 repair

Bike pumps in Russia at a glance

OpenStreetMap lists 365 public stations in Russia in 142 towns and cities: 266 compressed-air pumps and 99 bike repair stations, 20 of which have a built-in pump. In total, 286 stations let you inflate a tire.

Most stations in Russia are compressed-air pumps, often at fuel stations, car washes and bike shops. They fill fast, so add air in short bursts and check the pressure as you go.

26% of the stations are in the 3 cities with their own page below; the other 270 are spread across smaller towns.

Free or paid?

103 stations in Russia carry fee information: 83 are marked free and 20 paid (81% free). So the vast majority of mapped pumps cost nothing. Stations without a fee tag are not necessarily free.

Valves, gauges and opening hours

36 stations list their valve types: 36 fit Schrader valves. Riders with Presta valves should carry a small adapter.

Of all stations, 5 have a pressure gauge, 1 are covered, and 12 are lit at night.

17 stations are open 24/7 and 58 have opening hours listed. Pumps inside shops or fuel stations follow their opening hours.

Example stations in Russia

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

• Газпромнефть

  Витебский проспект, Shushary

  Compressed air · free

• Лукойл

  Херсонский проезд 4, Пески, Saint Petersburg

  Compressed air · free · 24/7

• Парк Дубки

  Берёзовая аллея, Kurort, Sestroretsk

  Repair station with pump · paid · 11:00-21:00

• Подкачка шин

  Носовихинское шоссе, Керамик, Balashikha

  Compressed air · paid

• Novoros.bike - вело, горнолыжка - ремонт, прокат

  Novoros.bike - вело, горнолыжка - ремонт, Novorossiysk

  Repair station · paid · Mo-Su 10:00-19:00

• Газпромнефть

  Комсомольская площадь, Ленинский район, Nizhny Novgorod

  Compressed air · paid

• Газпромнефть

  Kultukskaya Street, Рабочее, Irkutsk

  Compressed air · free

• Газпромнефть

  г. Верхняя Пышма — г. Среднеуральск — п. Исеть, Sredneuralsk

  Compressed air · free

Who runs the stations

The most common operators and brands in Russia in OpenStreetMap:

• Газпромнефть5
• Татнефть5
• Teboil3
• Лукойл3

More towns with stations

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

• Одинцовский городской округ40
• Rostov-on-Don7
• Perm6
• Tolyatti6
• Kaliningrad5
• Krasnodar5
• Petrozavodsk4
• Tobolsk4
• Cheboksary3
• Dubna3
• Kalach3
• Nefteyugansk3
• Nizhny Novgorod3
• Novorossiysk3
• Pskov3
• Samara3

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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