Frame pump recommendations

In article <[email hidden]>, Ken C. M.

() said:

Dave Larrington said:

Mine appears to read about 2 bar before I start using it...

Mine is similar, but accurate once you get over that pressure. I have
used mine on medium pressure tires and found it to be accurate at those
pressures (85 to 90psi)

I shall check against the gauge on the Joe Blow after the weekend, as I
had cause to use mine this morning.

Note to self: check wear on rear tyre /before/ it gets down to the
canvas in eleven separate places, thus necessitating a two mile walk in
the ipssnig rain...

However, I saw in the CTC rag yesterday that the gauge-free model is
still available, and if the OP *really* doesn't want a gauge, that'd be
my recommendation. I'd never go back to a frame-fitting pump.

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Dave Larrington said:

In article <[email hidden]>, Ken C. M.

() said:

Dave Larrington said:

Mine appears to read about 2 bar before I start using it...

Mine is similar, but accurate once you get over that pressure. I have
used mine on medium pressure tires and found it to be accurate at those
pressures (85 to 90psi)

I shall check against the gauge on the Joe Blow after the weekend, as I
had cause to use mine this morning.

Note to self: check wear on rear tyre /before/ it gets down to the
canvas in eleven separate places, thus necessitating a two mile walk in
the ipssnig rain...

However, I saw in the CTC rag yesterday that the gauge-free model is
still available, and if the OP *really* doesn't want a gauge, that'd be
my recommendation. I'd never go back to a frame-fitting pump.

Well pumps are almost a thing of the past, except on tour maybe. Or if
you are so concerned about rolling resistance that you choose not to
ride on punture resistant tires. I have mostly been riding on a set of
Kendra kevlar belted tire, just replaced them with Panaracers with
kevlar belted and I have only had two punture flats on the Kendras' in
about 3500 miles. I don't know how the Panaracers will compare, but
being that flats seem to be a thing of past I might just go with a co2
inflater system, they seem smaller and lighter.

Ken
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New cycling jersey: $49
new cycling shorts: $39
Not being a slave to the petrol pump: priceless.

Try checking the pump from this site. I have one and it works great.
FYI I have nothing to do with this firm.
www.outdoorsfrontier.com

Király said:

I'm looking for a new, under-the-top-tube frame pump. I'm tired of
disposable junk, I want something that will last.

These things are a must:

-durability (something made of steel or aluminum would be nice)
-it can be disassembled, maintained, and repaired with readily available
spare parts
-it can pump both presta and schraeder up to 120 psi
-long enough to fit underneath a 54cm top tube
-should not take 400 strokes to inflate a tire.

These things would also be nice:

-double barrel (I had a mini frame pump once that had two barrels, use
both for pumping at low pressure, and shut one off to make pumping at
high pressure easier)
-it should NOT come with a built-in pressure gauge

These things are less important:

-weight (I'm not too concerned that what I want might be much heavier
than a cheapo plastic pump, but I obviously don't want to be lugging a
floor pump around)
-cost. I am willing to pay good money for something that is of good
quality and will last.

Most pumps I see in LBSes these days are these shorty little
lightweight plastic things. Not for me. The Topeak looks like it might
fit the bill. Has anyone used one?

Thanks for any suggestions.

--
K.

Te tetted e tettetett tettet? Te tettetett tettek tettese, te!

In article <[email hidden]>, Ken C. M.

() said:

Well pumps are almost a thing of the past, except on tour maybe.

(FX: Falls about laughing)

Quoted message said:

Or if
you are so concerned about rolling resistance that you choose not to
ride on punture resistant tires. I have mostly been riding on a set of
Kendra kevlar belted tire, just replaced them with Panaracers with
kevlar belted and I have only had two punture flats on the Kendras' in
about 3500 miles. I don't know how the Panaracers will compare, but
being that flats seem to be a thing of past I might just go with a co2
inflater system, they seem smaller and lighter.

Carrying n CO2 bottles invite n+1 visits from P+nct+r+ Fairy, if you ask
me...

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Dave Larrington - <http://www.legslarry.beerdrinkers.co.uk/>
It is not possible to call a complex number from a phone box.

Dave Larrington said:

In article <[email hidden]>, Ken C. M.

() said:

Well pumps are almost a thing of the past, except on tour maybe.

(FX: Falls about laughing)

Can't go past a classic metal Zefal if you have the frame space.
A Topeak Roadmorph is compact and powerful, 100psi easy and the gauge
works well enough (it jumps).

AndyMorris said:

Untill recently I've always used standard LBS type frame fit pumps. The HpX
is in a different class, its not light but its built like a tank and has no
trouble at all getting up to high pressure. If only it had a gauge.

Mine has been bent by my bike frame over the years. Still works well!
Was pulled apart once by the LBS when it was sticking.
Was using it everyday before leaving work for the last 2 months,
too lazy to fix a slow leak until last weekend. So easy to use, and I
have NO arm strength.
Andre

In article <[email hidden]>, Aeek

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Can't go past a classic metal Zefal if you have the frame space.
A Topeak Roadmorph is compact and powerful, 100psi easy and the gauge
works well enough (it jumps).

Problem was mostly swapping between four different machines with wildly
different frame layouts. I banged my new back tyre (with new tube) up
to about 115 psi according to the Road Morph's gauge on Friday morning;
on applying the track pump today it said about 70! I don't think it'd
lose 45 psi in the space of 15 km riding and a long weekend of sitting
in the shed...

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Dave Larrington - <http://www.legslarry.beerdrinkers.co.uk/>
There ought to be a /La/ against it.