Equipment/Product Review (1983) Frame and Floor Pumps
07-09-20, 11:08 AM
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Equipment/Product Review (1983) Frame and Floor Pumps
Frame pumps: Heta Nagusi, Primus, Silca (25" and 18"), and Zefal HP.
Floor Pumps: Big Boy Airpower, Meidai, Silca, Zefal Plus, and Puff-Up-Pump.
Never let it be said that pneumophiles are completely ignored within C&V.
Floor Pumps: Big Boy Airpower, Meidai, Silca, Zefal Plus, and Puff-Up-Pump.
Never let it be said that pneumophiles are completely ignored within C&V.
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07-09-20, 11:14 AM
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I had the Zefal Plus with a Silca head... I never should have sold it....
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I'm still using the same Silca floor pump these 30+ years, same color as the photo above.
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I'm still using and abusing my old Meidai for car, bike, and motorcycles! These things are like cockroaches, they will outlive us AND climate change! I just rebuilt the Schrader head with a new washer that was spec'd for an SKS pump.
My dad had a Zefal Plus. It bit the dust in the late '90s or early 2000s. I remember him opening up the barrels and finding a lot of blue plastic shavings and hardened plastic washers instead of the supple rubber the thing started with. It basically ate itself up. I never did like the power upstroke. Felt bad for the back. But I was just a teenager when that pump died and the hardened washers didn't make it easy to use.
My dad had a Zefal Plus. It bit the dust in the late '90s or early 2000s. I remember him opening up the barrels and finding a lot of blue plastic shavings and hardened plastic washers instead of the supple rubber the thing started with. It basically ate itself up. I never did like the power upstroke. Felt bad for the back. But I was just a teenager when that pump died and the hardened washers didn't make it easy to use.
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07-09-20, 03:12 PM
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BITD most bikes shops had a Medai pump for schrader valves, and a Silca for presta valves. Both were very solid reliable pumps that stood up to constant use.
We had one of those double pumps for a short time at one shop. IIRC it quickly self destructed and no one really like it anyway. A little later, there was a Zefal Husky that was pretty good. I think SKS made those.
We had one of those double pumps for a short time at one shop. IIRC it quickly self destructed and no one really like it anyway. A little later, there was a Zefal Husky that was pretty good. I think SKS made those.
