Originally Posted by
cny-bikeman
It is extremely unlikely that you will lose any appreciable pressure when attaching a pump - less than 1 lb. Specialized uses the Air Tool designation for all of their pumps
http://www.specialized.com/us/en/equ.../pumps/c/pumps. Given the discussion of Presta vs. Shrader it would have been helpful to indicate which you have in your 2nd post.
This. Honestly, who cares if a bit of air is lost during attachment/detachment? What cycling application is it that is so mission-critical that a single lb of pressure will ruin your day?
. It’ll be fine.
Also while in grouch mode, let me say thanks to everyone in this thread, as we’ve all managed to refrain from saying “loose” when we meant “lose”. Go team!
