Portable pumps (120 PSI)?

[email hidden] wrote in news:b7evio$n2e$4 @oravannahka.helsinki.fi:

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Are there any portable pumps with decent gauges that can give you 120 PSI

I don't think on-the-bike pump has a decent gauge, especially for road bike pressures. You might try
the bigger Crank Bros. pump. That one is new and I haven't tried it yet, but it does appear to have
a more accurate pressure gauge.

risto.varank said:

Are there any portable pumps with decent gauges that can give you 120 PSI (max you can have with
current tires for 20" bent wheels I think)? So I need a bulky 2kg home pump and a
carry-it-with-you low-PSI pump?

Topeak Road Morph. You may have to calibrate the gauge against a floor pump, but mine is reasonably
close to accurate. I can easily, really, get the 110psi I want to use, 120 or even more is no
probloem. It unfolds to a mini floor-pump; there is a short hose (this is good, to keep you from
damaging valve stems), and it will pump to whatever pressure you want without killing yourself in
the process.

Every time someone in my riding groups has a flat, I come to the rescue with this thing, and they
are amazed. Really. By far the best portable pump I have ever used.

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"David L. Johnson" <[email hidden]> wrote in :"]news:[email hidden]:

Quoted message said:

risto.varank said:

Are there any portable pumps with decent gauges that can give you 120 PSI (max you can have with
current tires for 20" bent wheels I think)? So I need a bulky 2kg home pump and a
carry-it-with-you low-PSI pump?

Topeak Road Morph. You may have to calibrate the gauge against a floor pump, but mine is
reasonably close to accurate. I can easily, really, get the 110psi I want to use, 120 or even more
is no probloem. It unfolds to a mini floor-pump; there is a short hose (this is good, to keep you
from damaging valve stems), and it will pump to whatever pressure you want without killing
yourself in the process.

Every time someone in my riding groups has a flat, I come to the rescue with this thing, and they
are amazed. Really. By far the best portable pump I have ever used.

I'll second that.

Frank Riley said:

"David L. Johnson" <[email hidden]> wrote in :"]news:[email hidden]:

Quoted message said:

risto.varank said:

Are there any portable pumps with decent gauges that can give you 120 PSI (max you can have with
current tires for 20" bent wheels I think)? So I need a bulky 2kg home pump and a
carry-it-with-you low-PSI pump?

Topeak Road Morph. You may have to calibrate the gauge against a floor pump, but mine is
reasonably close to accurate. I can easily, really, get the 110psi?I want to use, 120 or even
more is no probloem. It unfolds to a mini floor-pump; there is a short hose (this is good, to
keep you from damaging valve stems), and it will pump to whatever pressure you want without
killing yourself in the process.

Every time someone in my riding groups has a flat, I come to the rescue with this thing, and they
are amazed. Really. By far the best portable pump I have ever used.

I'll second that.

I do love the Road Morph. It's a great pump, and I'm glad I bought it before I had my really big
rash of flats. Thankfully I pitched in the towel on those tires and picked up some Conti Gator
Skins. One flat in seven hundred miles, which is *much* better than I was getting.

So yes, the Road Morph is a great pump. Of course, I hardly get to use it anymore...

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David L. Johnson <[email hidden]> wrote:
: Topeak Road Morph. You may have to calibrate the gauge against a floor pump, but mine is
: reasonably close to accurate. I can easily, really, get the 110psi I want to use, 120 or even more
: is no probloem. It unfolds to a mini floor-pump; there is a short hose (this is good, to keep you
: from damaging valve stems), and it will pump to whatever pressure you want without killing
: yourself in the process.

The Road Morph indeed does look quite interesting. I don't care if my pump weighs 200g or 1000g if
I'm just out and riding, but for long tours and travelling (airlines have baggage limitations etc)
compact size and small weight is a boon.

The clamp-mounting sounds a good idea too. What kind of frame tubing would it fit - big and small
tube? Recumbents can have some pretty weird frames =)

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risto.varank said:

The clamp-mounting sounds a good idea too.

I can't say that the clamp mount is my favorite feature. At the very least I would like to know of a
source of extra mounts so I could move it easily from bike to bike. As it is, to take that pump on
another bike, I stick it in a pocket.

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What kind of frame tubing would it fit - big and small tube? Recumbents can have some pretty weird
frames =)

It would seem to fit a fairly large tube. Mine is on the top tube of my Habanero, which is
over-sized when compared to steel, but not when compared to, say, a Cannondale. My recollection is
that the strap (it is one of those plastic-strap clamps) was initially pretty large, but I cut off
the end since it stuck out and hit my leg.

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