Over my more than 20 years of cycling I’ve had a lot different portable bike pumps. For the most part, they’ve sucked. Most bike-mounted or pocket pumps leave your arms burning and your tire partially inflated. Other pumps have lost parts due to vibrations from being mounted to a bike frame. Many others have been tossed in the trash with broken handles or destroyed seals.

So far, I have had very good luck with the Blackburn Air Stik 2Stage. If your rockin’ the Prestas, this is the way to go. Mostly, I’ve used the AS2S to inflate MTB tires but recently I flatted twice on my road bike. The AS2S is the first pump I ever had that was able to inflate a 700C tire to a pressure which didn’t make me nervous about the potential for a snake bite. I’ve tried with other pumps to inflate 700C tires to a reasonable pressure only to find myself giving up with arms burning, mouth cursing and chest heaving. The not-unique but very effective two stage nature of this pump allows you to get the tire up to a good pressure rapidly on the “LOW” setting and perfect the pressure with the “HIGH” setting — with much energy to spare. In fact, following the first tire I inflated with the AS2S, I expressed to myself, “Is that it?!”

Based on my experience thus far, I recommend this pump.

Rating: 4 UDVs (I need more time to evaluate durability)

http://www.biketofeel.com/product-re...r-stik-2stage/