Cyclaire pump

OzCableguy said:

Anyone used one of these - http://cyclaire.net/?
The latest Bicycling Australia Magazine reckons they're good for 120psi
after a couple of minutes of pumping and just $50 or $60.00 depending on
whether you want one with a case or not.

I can just imagine it now....

"Hey mate, that's a bike, not a lawn mower!"

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Quoted message said:

Anyone used one of these - http://cyclaire.net/?
The latest Bicycling Australia Magazine reckons they're good for 120psi
after a couple of minutes of pumping and just $50 or $60.00 depending on
whether you want one with a case or not.

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www.oztechnologies.com

I need it to go up to 170 psi for my racing singles, and up to 150 psi for
my racing clinchers.

I use my nearly 20 year old Zefal track pump, I can only manage around 130
psi with my Zefal hand pump.

Seeing that I am close to 100 kg's I need to have close to the max pressure
to stop pinch flats and to get good rolling speeds.

On a side note my 63 year old father misread the guage and managed to get
close to 200 psi in a tyre with a max of 135, he was saying it was getting
rather hard to pump and he only had around 125 psi in it, I looked and it
was over 12.5 bar I said [censored] and reached over to let out some pressure and
just as I got my hand on the valve the tyre blew off the rim and the tube
exploded with a massive bang, I said more than [censored] then :P

Lucky the tyre was not damaged and all he needed was a tube and to be told
that 12.5 bar is not 125 psi 😉

OzCableguy said:

LOL! I do my tyre changing on a bench with a compressor and I once (in a mad
rush) didn't see that the tube was crumpled under the bead when I attempted
to give it full pressure.
While the bang probably wasn't as loud as yours I can appreciate the amount
of swearing that goes hand in hand with such an event. ;-)

The swearing pales against the volume of laughter when the explosion
happens in front of a crowd, as the BR crowd that watched GPLama explode
a tube one day will testify.

daveB

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Quoted message said:

On a side note my 63 year old father misread the guage and managed to get
close to 200 psi in a tyre with a max of 135, he was saying it was getting
rather hard to pump and he only had around 125 psi in it, I looked and it
was over 12.5 bar I said [censored] and reached over to let out some pressure
and just as I got my hand on the valve the tyre blew off the rim and the
tube exploded with a massive bang, I said more than [censored] then :P

Lucky the tyre was not damaged and all he needed was a tube and to be told
that 12.5 bar is not 125 psi 😉

LOL! I do my tyre changing on a bench with a compressor and I once (in a mad
rush) didn't see that the tube was crumpled under the bead when I attempted
to give it full pressure.
While the bang probably wasn't as loud as yours I can appreciate the amount
of swearing that goes hand in hand with such an event. ;-)

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www.ozcableguy.com
www.oztechnologies.com

DaveB said:

The swearing pales against the volume of laughter when the explosion
happens in front of a crowd, as the BR crowd that watched GPLama explode
a tube one day will testify.

If only these chicken arms could reach those kind of PSI these days!! 🙂

OzCableguy said:

Anyone used one of these - cyclaire.netcyclaire.netOpen ↗
The latest Bicycling Australia Magazine ...

I read that same article about two hours ago and are wondering exactly what you are wondering.

Now, if the thread had not been hijacked......

OzCableguy said:

Anyone used one of these - cyclaire.netcyclaire.netOpen ↗
The latest Bicycling Australia Magazine reckons they're good for 120psi
after a couple of minutes of pumping and just $50 or $60.00 depending on
whether you want one with a case or not.

--
www.ozcableguy.com
www.oztechnologies.com

There is some discussion of the Cyclaire pump in another thread:

cyclingforums.comt341606.htmlOpen ↗

Seems that 120 psi is achievable.

On 2006-10-27, rdk (aka Bruce)
was almost, but not quite, entirely unlike tea:

Quoted message said:

Now, if the thread had not been hijacked......

You're new here, aren't you?

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TimC
I bet the human brain is a kludge.
-- Marvin Minsky

I think the guy who rode the Canning Stock Route used one for his 4 inch tyres on his Surly Pugsley. He was probably only running less than 10psi, but that's a heck of a volume of air.

wildworks.co.nzhome.phpOpen ↗

rdk said:

OzCableguy said:

Anyone used one of these - http://cyclaire.net/?
The latest Bicycling Australia Magazine ...I read that same article about two hours ago and are wondering exactly

what you are wondering.

Bear in mind that BA is not exactly famous for quality journalism when
it comes to product reviews. Anyone remember oxyshots? 🙂

Quoted message said:

From the website I'd guess that the pump doesn't work with presta

valves (most pumps will tout that they work with both, unless they
don't 🙂 ). but that's just a guess. Interesting idea, lots of moving
parts though, so reliability may be an issue unless it's very well made.

Bleve said:

rdk said:

OzCableguy said:

Anyone used one of these - http://cyclaire.net/?
The latest Bicycling Australia Magazine ...I read that same article about two hours ago and are wondering exactly

what you are wondering.

Bear in mind that BA is not exactly famous for quality journalism when
it comes to product reviews. Anyone remember oxyshots? 🙂

Quoted message said:

From the website I'd guess that the pump doesn't work with presta

valves (most pumps will tout that they work with both, unless they
don't 🙂 ). but that's just a guess.

Mea Culpa, I should have read more of the site

The Q&A states it works with both.

TimC said:

On 2006-10-27, rdk (aka Bruce)
was almost, but not quite, entirely unlike tea:

Quoted message said:

Now, if the thread had not been hijacked......

You're new here, aren't you?

That was a joke. Sorry if it didn't come off.

On 2006-10-30, rdk (aka Bruce)
was almost, but not quite, entirely unlike tea:

Quoted message said:

TimC said:

On 2006-10-27, rdk (aka Bruce)
was almost, but not quite, entirely unlike tea:

Quoted message said:

Now, if the thread had not been hijacked......

You're new here, aren't you?

That was a joke. Sorry if it didn't come off.

So was mine, and likewise.

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TimC
I don't know, but every time I look at a modern Intel schematic I think of a
steam engine running REALLY fast. -- gcash in ASR on 68K vs 8086