Stormy Archer

https://www.toautotool.com/products/...air-compressor
Can I get hoses to adapt this for bicycle tire use? I got one for free and don't know much about it.

Bill Kapaun

Sure, but why would you adapt a 4500 PSI compressor when cheap pancake compressors can be had for much less.

What's the air volume? A hand pump may be faster.
EDIT:
The gauge on this would be useless for bicycle tire pressures.

Sell it for $100 and get yourself a good tire pump & meal.

Polaris OBark

This is the way:

grumpus

It says on that page you can use it for tyres, and it can be set to shut off at the correct pressure. It appears to have 8 mm quick connect male attachment point, so you'll need an 8 mm female quick connector with a hose barb; attach that to an inflator hose - the type will depend on your application. I have an open Schrader screw-on connector that I use with a Presta adaptor, and a closed Schrader hold-on connector (closed connectors don't work with a Presta adaptor). Of course you can also use a universal chuck that does both Presta and Schrader.

Moe Zhoost

Yep, it's just a matter of making up a hose that matches the quick-connect on one end and the right valve adapter on the other. I've used these and they work pretty well.

Saudadeii

Unless you're into airsoft/air rifles, I'd sell it and get a regular compressor with some decent CFM. Then you can use it on bikes, cars, and even power some air tools.

soyabean

I'll gladly trade you a brand new air compressor for that paintball gun compressor.

ScottCommutes

I read the website - No brand name. No reviews. No certification. Many misspellings and such. Runs on 220v but no cord? Comes in colors?

This thing scares me and I wouldn't put a penny toward it. There are much better ways to pump up a bike.

Barry2 

I use one of these. Costs a little more but it quiet enough to use indoors and has an aluminum tank (no rust).
Only complaint, it allows the tank pressure to drop too far before firing back up.
Not a huge issue and I’m sure it’s adjustable if I was bothered enough to look.

Barry

grumpus

I have a similar portable low noise compressor, it's too convenient and makes me lazy - track pumps are good exercise and I should use them instead. IIRC it kicks in at 80 psi and runs to 120 psi so you sometimes have to let air out to hit the high end of the scale.

Barry2 

Go try seating a GP5000TL tubeless on a HED rim without a compressor, for that matter... go try with a compressor.
There is a good reason the GP5000TL was replaced with the S TR version.

Yep, track pump is my go to for most things, but for some, you can't beat 2 gallons of 120PSI



Barry

Bill Kapaun

Did you look at the resolution of the pressure gauge? A little bit of "stiction" and the tire will be blowing off the rim before the needle moves.
Trying to read 30-100 PSI on a 6000 PSI gauge is idiocy.

If you feel the need for a cheap compressor, get something more suitable for the task like this-
https://www.harborfreight.com/3-gall...sor-57567.html
And get a decent pressure gauge that properly covers the range you need. That's the middle 1/3 of the dial.

Stormy Archer

I'm down. You're not in Norcal though?

grumpus

I don't think I'd feel comfortable riding a tyre I knew I couldn't fix at the roadside - I had this issue with a tubed tyre/rim combination and added a couple of larger steel levers to my on-bike toolkit. Fitting/removal supposedly gets easier after the tyre has been used for a while ... I recently bought a VAR RP-42500 tyre lever/jack set which looks like it might do the job.

grumpus

Indeed - I foolishly believed what was probably a mistranslation of "air reservoir" to "tyre" and assumed they had incorporated a low pressure outlet. I tried unsuccessfully to find an actual user guide or tech spec. It is technically possible to use it to inflate tyres, but it would take more than the right hose connector to do it - pointless investing time and money when you can get something much more suitable i.e. a lower pressure higher volume compressor with a ~150 PSI regulator.

wheelreason

Can it be made to work? Yeah, but it is like the least qualified candidate. All you need is to adapt whatever size comes out from it to a "standard" bike pump hose (easy enough) , but that is a high pressure, low volume pump, so bring a book and hearing protection.