WhyFi

Side question - does anybody have experience with the new(er) Lezyne hose with the inline pressure gauge?

AlphaV

You mean "ABS" or Air Bleed System? Yes I do.

When you finish pumping, you press the valve, and it releases the air build up in the hose. Makes taking the hose off much easier. I have both pumps, pre ABS and with. It's just a hose, which I think you can buy separately.

WhyFi

I think that we're talking about different things - I'm talking about the Pen Gauge -

Biscayne05

Got it in Black since it has less stainless parts. It's about 6 inches in length and I put it in my jersey.

$24@Wiggle.

Clipped_in

You realize that short / large diameter barrel pumps are designed for low pressure/high volume tires, aka MTB? You'll have a hard time getting 70psi out of a pump like that. Small diameter longer barrel (road) type pumps are the way to go for high pressure road tires.

As an aside, IMO there is really no need for a pressure gauge on a frame pump. You just pump it up as high as you can get it and if it's a good pump you'll be around 80-90 psi and that will get you home to your floor pump that has a gauge.

Biscayne05

I was able to pump up to 95psi. Didn't take long neither. Checked it gauge.

I dont know about you, but I'm not a scrawny fellow. Not saying you are neither

ragnar.jensen 

Yes, I have the gauge on a Road Drive and a Micro Floor Drive HVG. Gradation is coarse - every 10 psi - but I still find it quite easy to get within 5 psi of my target.
They seem fairly accurate, within a few psi when I check with my digital pressure gauges.

I bought the gauge hose as a retrofit for my Road Drive. The flexible part of the gauge hose is much shorter than on the original. Not a problem as long as you're not utterly ham-fisted, but maybe something to keep in mind as you can't wave the pump around as much as when using the original hose.

WhyFi

Excellent - thanks for the feedback.

mrvrsick

Looks like the OP just ordered the Lezyne, but I was in the same boat a few months ago after my Road Morph had me struggling to get to 80psi.

For anyone still searching for something similar, take a look at the Topeak Race Rocket HP pictured here:


I chose it over the Lezyne because the price was similar, but the hose on the Topeak doesn't come off. I've heard of people misplacing the hose on the Lezyne, leaving them stranded on the road. Not that I think it would happen to me, but I'm sure they didn't either.

Topeak was cheaper, but then my LBS blew out the remaining Lezyne's they had. I like the way the Topeak attaches to the valve, and I can EASILY get to over 100psi.

WhyFi

If I had to base purchase decisions on product misuse by stupid people, I'd never be able to buy anything.

Unfortunately, I had to use my Lezyne on the ride today. Fortunately, it was there as always and it performed admirably, as always.

BykOfALesserGod

I have a Specialized Airtool. I use it to start up the tube and then finish with CO2. Once because I was such an oaf with the tire levers I ran out of CO2 and I used the pump to get to "good enough" pressure. I needed 150 pretty light strokes.

I am thinking of getting a Lezyne Road Drive because I am sold on their ABS floor pump. I will wait until they offer the CO2/pump combo with ABS.

mrvrsick

I hear ya.
For me, it came down to aesthetics. I chose the Topeak because I find it prettier. Sometimes I wonder if I'm missing out on the ABS, but I get over it.

rat fink

I had that one; the Micro Floor Drive HPG if I recall. I wasn't a big fan. I have a Pressure Drive Medium now, and find it easier to use, faster and more capable. The little hose should never get lost, since you just slide/screw it back into the handle when you are done, and if you clamp it the right way (install the clamp on the NDS facing up), it wont be able to fall out anyway. Trust me, I'm the kind of guy who is always ten minutes late because I couldn't find my wallet and I forget my gloves three out of five times), yet I've never even come close to forgetting the hose.

rat fink

Also, I find gauges superfluous, since I inflate based on the way the tire feels.

deepakvrao

Just got the pump. Lezyne Road Drive [large]. Looks and feels great. Hope I never need to use it ;-)

merlinextraligh

Do they not have bb guns, home carbonated beverage dispensers, kegs or paintball in India?

deepakvrao

^^Nope was what I was about to say, but then I googled. Apparently we do. Never heard of it when I was a kid.

So if I buy these, what would I need to use them?

https://www.airgunindia.com/shoponlin...roducts_id=234

merlinextraligh

^ I can't open that link. However, there are basically 2 types of C02 cartridges threaded and unthreaded.

I think a lot of air guns use unthreaded. If that's what you have access to, you just need an inflater that works with unthreade (threadless) cartridges.

deepakvrao

Thanks.

StanSeven

That gauge has to be wrong, which most bike gauges are. Lezyne only rates a max of 90, which also is an exaggeration.