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Old 07-11-15 | 08:52 AM
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Originally Posted by RISKDR1
I'm not going to be very helpful. Seems to me a pump is a rescue tool to get you home. 90 psi gets you home. I do like the Lezyne pumps. I doubt if I could get a tire to even 90 psi with a frame pump though. Mostly cause I'm 70 and don't have the strength I used to.
+1 on Lezyne pumps. 120 psi takes some arm/hand strength-- theoretically achievable, but in practice I don't carry a pressure gauge with me on the bike, so basically I pump until squeezing the tire gives me the same feel as the other tire which didn't flat.
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