Free Public Bike Pumps in South Korea

Cities with the most public bike pumps

1. 1Daejeon25 stations · 25 repair
2. 2Daegu11 stations · 1 repair
3. 3Seoul10 stations · 5 repair

Bike pumps in South Korea at a glance

OpenStreetMap lists 61 public stations in South Korea in 13 towns and cities: 25 compressed-air pumps and 36 bike repair stations, 33 of which have a built-in pump. In total, 58 stations let you inflate a tire.

Repair stands with hand pumps and compressed-air pumps are roughly balanced in South Korea, so larger towns usually offer both.

Daejeon alone accounts for 41% of all stations. 75% of the stations are in the 3 cities with their own page below; the other 15 are spread across smaller towns.

Free or paid?

33 stations in South Korea carry fee information: 32 are marked free and 1 paid (97% free). So the vast majority of mapped pumps cost nothing. Stations without a fee tag are not necessarily free.

Valves, gauges and opening hours

Valve types are rarely tagged in South Korea. Most new repair stands have a dual head for Presta and Schrader; compressor pumps often fit only Schrader, so a Presta adapter helps.

Of all stations, 18 are covered and 1 are lit at night.

Opening hours are rarely listed; stations in public space are usually accessible at any time.

Example stations in South Korea

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

• 대전광역시 서구청 건설과

  서구-1-164, Munjeong-ro, Daejeon

  Repair station with pump · free · covered

• 자전거 타이어 공기 주입기

  왕숙천 자전거길, Sano-dong, Guri-si

  Compressed air · free

• Bicycle pump

  Nakdonggang (Riv.) Bicycle Path, Okpo-eup, Daegu

  Compressed air

• 먼지털이

  Tongil-ro 18na-gil, Muak-dong, Seoul

  Compressed air

• 울산동구자전거안전교육장(Bicycle School)

  해수욕장5길 33, Ulsan

  Repair station

More towns with stations

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

• Guri-si4
• Pyeongtaek-si2

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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