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Old 12-18-14 | 07:25 AM
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Originally Posted by milkbaby
A lot of people like to start with the minipump and top off with CO2 because many pumps can't realistically pump road tires up to the pressures many people like to ride at. I struggle to get them up to 50-60 psi as the pump gets too hot and starts to leak at one of the seals somewhere because I'm impatient and pump pretty quickly.
This is largely a function of the pump. The Lezyne mini and Road Morphs I have can easily get the pressure well over 100psi quickly.

But a lot of pumps out there are not up to the task.
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