Pumps

Drs said:

I need to buy a pump and there's an embarrassment of choice out there.
Anyone got any favourites or pet hates?
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Mini pump or a track pump (is it what they are called?)

For mini pump, I carry a Blackburn Air Stick with my roadies. Bought i
a while ago for $40. It has dual-way action, and can go up to 100 psi
Lightwieght and good to carry for emergencies. However, even for a roa
tyre, takes like 100 strokes to get to the pressure! So it may tak
forever to pump a mountain bike. I just bought a larger version (Topea
brand; $35) for carrying with my MTB. Both pumps support both presta an
schreader fittings

For a proper pump that I use at home for regular use, I have one (forgo
the brand and model, I can check if you want) that is rated to go to 16
psi. I pump up to 130 psi with it all the time, and it's smooth. It ha
a "clever pump" feature that automatically works with both types of tub
fittings. Bought it for $60 and has a fully metal outer shell and a built
in gauge (accurate, compared it with my digital gauge)

Cheers, Amir

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DRS said:

I need to buy a pump and there's an embarrassment of choice out there.
Anyone got any favourites or pet hates?

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Road bike or MTB?

If it's a roadbike, Zefal hpx.

Cheers.
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If it's a roadbike, Zefal hpx.

THE top full-size pump. And for home use, or to put in the car tothe start
of a ride, get a Silca stand pump.

Cheers
Peter

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Mini pump or a track pump (is it what they are called?)?

For mini pump, I carry a Blackburn Air Stick with my roadies. Bought
it
a while ago for $40.

That's what I bought today, Blackburn AS-1 Airstik, $39 at MBC (Prahran).
Supposedly retails for $49.

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It has dual-way action, and can go up to 100 psi.

It says 160psi on the packaging. Newer model, perhaps.

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Lightwieght and good to carry for emergencies. However, even for a
road tyre, takes like 100 strokes to get to the pressure! So it may

Yup! But at least my front tyre is no longer in danger of a pinch puncture.
Now I'm worried about over-pumping my tyres (recommended 50-75 psi).
They're *hard*.

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DRS said:

I need to buy a pump and there's an embarrassment of choice out there.
Anyone got any favourites or pet hates?

Floor pump or portable ?

We have a cheap(ish) Tioga(sp?) floor pump, it's quite nice.
Actually, I can't fault it.

I also have a Crank-Bros aluminium mini-pump. It's ok, but
I wouldn't want to go much over 60psi with it (on a 2" tyre),
It's also ripped the valve out of a few presta tubes, but this
was probably operator error.

There was a semi-portable foot pump named something like "Bikers Dream"
reviewed in a previous edition of Velo Vision. It received a glowing
report, and I have read elsewhere of their goodness. Next pump
I'm going to buy will be one of these, but for touring not day-rides.

-kt

Greetings,
I had Ethel the Zephyl for years, the old metal ones
worked well. Had a Blackburn pump for a while, but the ends kept wearing
out. Currently have a tiny German thing called an Air-Boy, works fine
provided you keep your thumb over the hole to keep the air in.
Regards,
Ray.

DRS said:

I need to buy a pump and there's an embarrassment of choice out there.
Anyone got any favourites or pet hates?

Peter Signorini said:

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Quoted message said:

If it's a roadbike, Zefal hpx.

Quoted message said:

THE top full-size pump. And for home use, or to put in the car tothe start
of a ride, get a Silca stand pump.

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Cheers
Peter

As good as the HPX is (I actually had to use it yesterday on somebody
else's tyres), it seems like a lot of hard work after using the
track pump at home all the time 🙂

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[>> If it's a roadbike, Zefal hpx

Quoted message said:

THE top full-size pump. And for home use, or to put in the car toth
start of a ride, get a Silca stand pump

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Cheers Pete

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As good as the HPX is (I actually had to use it yesterday on >somebod
else's tyres), it seems like a lot of hard work after using the trac
pump at home all the time :

No $hit Nick

I also use the Silca/Zefal hpx combo. One tip however, get th
longest Zefal that will fit your frame as you push more air with th
longer barrel

Coppershar

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