Thread: Frame pumps,???
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Old 10-30-16 | 08:23 AM
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Salamandrine
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Originally Posted by Prowler
+1 Its small enough to fit in my one and only road kit that straps under the seat of every bike I ride. I've used mine, hose and all, a few times in the wild and it's worked just great. Easy to use and brings the tire up to working pressure in about 2 minutes. I've noticed Lezyne has a similar pump - hose and all. good feature and reliable.
Back to the future. The old Zefal solibloc pumps had hoses. Those were the cheap ones if you didn't want to spring for an HP or silca...

I have a Lezyne road drive with the little hose and it works fine, but they aren't necessary with a full size frame pump. A real frame pump will pump the tires up like 10x faster than a mini pump. A Silca or Zefal HP is practical for day to day use, but mini pumps are really only OK for flats on the road.
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