Floor pumps?
05-10-17, 06:57 AM
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As you noted, a high volume pump will struggle to reach high pressure and you may not weigh enough to depress the plunger as the pressure gets high enough.
05-10-17, 07:58 AM
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The Lezyne Sport Floor Drive or Joe Blow Sport are both okay floor pumps. I'm not a fan of either pump's chuck. I use a Silca presta chuck on my Lezyne rather than their hokey screw on chuck. It looks like the new (to me) ABS2 works well on presta but seems fiddly on schrader.
The chuck on the Joe Blow is a bit confusing because I can never figure out which way the lever on that kind of chuck should be pushed. It always seems backward to me.
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The chuck on the Joe Blow is a bit confusing because I can never figure out which way the lever on that kind of chuck should be pushed. It always seems backward to me.
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The Joe Blow (about the same price as the park pumps) seems to be a hell of a lot nicer construction. It's mostly metal, which is nice, compared to the mostly plastic park pump. And the head isn't too bad. For ours you just lift the lever in the opposite direction of the valve (so the lever always gets lifted AWAY from the tire.) I found it more annoying to use than the park head, but with better results.
The lezyne, on the other hand, is built very well. All metal (except the fancy "wooden" handle). I actually like the chuck on the lezyne. It took me about a week to get used to it. It's... fancy and you actually need to learn how to do it. There are different operating instructions for both presta and schrader. (Presta you pull the "ring" back, then push it on the valve, the push the ring forward, then screw it a turn or so. Super secure attachment. Then just pull the ring back at the same time as you're pulling the chuck off to remove it. For schrader, you push the ring forward and basically just screw it on.)
With that said, I used a wal-mart schwinn branded pump for 3 years before it "failed" on me.
05-10-17, 10:19 AM
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05-10-17, 05:24 PM
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I'm surprised I've only seen it mentioned once, but I'm not surprised it has been mentioned.
SKS Rennkompressor. I never had a good floor pump until I bought this one almost ten years ago, and I really haven't given it much thought since. I figure if it works so well I forget about it, it's the most I can ask of a bike pump.
Steel, wood, high pressure. German. $60.
SKS Rennkompressor. I never had a good floor pump until I bought this one almost ten years ago, and I really haven't given it much thought since. I figure if it works so well I forget about it, it's the most I can ask of a bike pump.
Steel, wood, high pressure. German. $60.
05-11-17, 04:05 AM
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