MEIDAI Top Super.
Never settle for less. These pumps will be around long after we're gone.
Get a presta chuck from SKS for your presta valves, or put on whatever head you like.
My grandpa got his in the '70s. He used it for bikes and cars until my grandma had her accident, then he used it for wheelchairs and cars. After grandma passed on and I went to college, he gave the pump to me. Now here I am, 15 years later, still using it. All it has required is a drop of oil now and then, and I just changed the rubber washer in the air chuck. For the first time ever.
The pump is nearly 50 years old. The gauge still works. The hose still works. The original leather is still in there. I pump my Honda Insight and SAAB tires up every couple weeks, because the rims are porous and leaky. I put 110psi in my Vitus 979's tires also. It's worked for me down to -20F in the Vermont winter and up to 110F in the desert. Indestructible and versatile are understatements.
My dad had one too. It gave 30 years of service, then met its sorry end. He blew the hose and doesn't do mechanical, so he threw it out. That was in 2012. He has been through three modern pumps since then. I still give him crap about this. He needed $3 of hose, but instead spent $150 plus countless hours trying to decide what pump to get next. Meidai meant it when they called this pump "top" and "super".
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Last edited by scarlson; 09-30-20 at 06:15 PM.