Bicycle Mechanics - Pump efficiency?

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Robert Gardner
08-11-04, 10:03 PM
I was looking at pumps in a Performance catalog today and noted that many of them are rated in “efficiency”. The “efficiency” numbers run like 45/21 for one floor pump and 390/NA for a Crank Bros. Power Pumps. What in the heck do these numbers mean?


allgoo19
08-11-04, 11:33 PM
Those numbers indicates how many strokes it takes to inflate certain tire sizes in certain pressure. I just heard it at the Performance store but I forgot what those sizes and pressure are.