Originally Posted by
79pmooney
But (and this is, to my mind a very big but) that Lyzne is short. Long stroke pumps pump get there with fewer strokes. I will admit I haven't used the Lezyne but I have trouble with the concept that it would be easier than the Zephal HPX. And Zephal gets that longer is better and supplies the pump in four lengths so you can fit the longest possible on your bike.
The HPX. Not a hot new name, no flash, just a pump that will fill your tires easily many, many times. (I had the predecessor, the HP on my bikes in my racing days and no other pump. Maintaining sew-ups on all my bikes with just those pumps was no big deal. It was 18 years before I bought a floor pump. I used the classic digital pressure gauge that most of us have lying around somewhere. Thumb and fore finger.)
Ben
I won't ague that a shorter pump is easier or better. For some reason I read "frame mount" in the OP and thought of those mini pumps that mount near the bottle cage.
A full-length carbon fiber Blackburn pump has been on my road bike for over 12 years and gotten many people out of jams when they bungled their only CO2 cartridge.
I will argue against estimating pressure with your fingers. That might be good roadside emergencies but really isn't a replacement for a good gauge - not when running tires that cost $50 each and bombing down mountains at 50 MPH. People did lots of things in the past but it doesn't mean that we can't do better now and gauges are cheap. The OP should own a gauge, at least at home.
-Tim-