Wife can't pump tires to 120 psi. Solutions?
09-08-06, 09:37 PM
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Specialized make a hand pump that is used for pressurizing forks or pumping up tires. It has dual pistons and is good to 250 PSI. She can pump to 80 or 90 PSI easily on the big piston and then switch to the high pressure piston. 120 is a snap with the pump for any woman.
09-08-06, 09:49 PM
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120 psi is way too much for that skinny wife's tires unless she's riding a 70lb bike. 
09-08-06, 09:57 PM
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Originally Posted by CastIron
Having said the ugly part, find a pump with the biggest barrel on it you can.
09-08-06, 10:00 PM
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Originally Posted by Eatadonut
Try to find ones with big barrels, theoretically they should be easier.
EDIT...curse you propagandrew!!
Tell her to stand over the pump and use her whole body weight to force the handle down.
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09-08-06, 10:00 PM
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Nah. I'm 5'9", weigh 135 pounds and I pump to 120 psi just fine on a $19.99 Blackburn pump from the Sports Authority. I don't work out. My upper body strength is probably below-average (it's all below the waist!). But if you use your weight properly, it should not be a problem.
09-08-06, 10:10 PM
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silca
https://www.silcapompe.it/superpista_en.htm
silca super pista...just replace the head with this topeak smarthead upgrade kit,
https://www.topeak.com/2006/products/.../smarthead.php, she's gonna love it, YOU'LL never have to pump YOUR tires.
silca super pista...just replace the head with this topeak smarthead upgrade kit,
https://www.topeak.com/2006/products/.../smarthead.php, she's gonna love it, YOU'LL never have to pump YOUR tires.
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09-08-06, 11:26 PM
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Why don't you take some photos of her pumping up her tires, post the photos, and we'll have some fun critiquing her tire pumping form.
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09-09-06, 12:49 AM
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125 pound male here. I use a Serfas FP50. It's got a skinny little barrel but I can take it to 120 and above without a problem.
09-09-06, 04:02 AM
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Originally Posted by 1slowbastard
Couldn't you just help her?
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Originally Posted by propagandrew
Bigger barrel = larger piston. psi being pounds per square inch, the bigger the piston the more force you need to put on the handle to move it. She'd be best off with a small barrel, only problem there is she'll have to pump it many more times to get to the same pressure.
Hence, Silca Track Pump. Relatively small barrel, and it will let her get the pressure as high as she could possibly need.
Besides, the Silca Pump will last for a lifetime, and its made of COlumbus tubing so it has some cache (at least to he steel is real crowd).
09-09-06, 10:06 AM
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Get a bigger wife. My wife is fat as hell; she can pump tires all day long.
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09-09-06, 10:08 AM
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Originally Posted by slowandsteady
09-09-06, 10:46 AM
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Originally Posted by Dalton
Get a bigger wife. My wife is fat as hell; she can pump tires all day long.
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09-09-06, 11:23 AM
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Originally Posted by godspiral
+1 on the wife upgrade.... mine can do 100psi through a shrader valve without a pump
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09-09-06, 12:53 PM
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Originally Posted by krazyderek
That's probably alot easier, cheaper and quieter then an air compressor
Useless for anything other than 30 PSI mountain bike tires and pumping up basketballs.
09-09-06, 03:19 PM
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Originally Posted by GuitarWizard
Pretty much.....
Inflating bike tires with a floor pump isn't hard. If she's having problems, she should keep doing it and build those muscles. If you want to give her a good workout, go deflate the tires on your car, and send her outside with your pump. That'll get the blood flowing a bit in the 'ol triceps.
Inflating bike tires with a floor pump isn't hard. If she's having problems, she should keep doing it and build those muscles. If you want to give her a good workout, go deflate the tires on your car, and send her outside with your pump. That'll get the blood flowing a bit in the 'ol triceps.
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100 psi is fine no reason to go any higher. Problem solved.
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Originally Posted by krazyderek
That's probably alot easier, cheaper and quieter then an air compressor
09-09-06, 04:24 PM
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Those foot pumps are horrible. They have a huge barrel which means that one would have to use incredible amounts of force to pump up a tire to road bike pressures. Also, the thin metal arms that attach the foot pedal to the pump WILL bend sideways.
Useless for anything other than 30 PSI mountain bike tires and pumping up basketballs.
Useless for anything other than 30 PSI mountain bike tires and pumping up basketballs.
You're nuts thinking the arms will bend. Only the really lousy POS one's from Wal-mart bend. They don't sell the high pressure pumps.